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New and refurbished support centres open for cancer patients

Cancer patients at St George’s and Queen Mary’s hospitals will have access to more support, thanks to funding from the national charity Macmillan. The charity has opened a new hub inside Queen Mary’s and refurbished the current one at St George’s to continue offering support to cancer patients and their …
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12 Feb 2024

Mothers rate our Maternity Units as top two in London

Dedicated maternity teams at Epsom and St Helier have received the best scores in London by new mums. Hundreds of mums took part in a Care Quality Commission (CQC) survey where maternity staff at Epsom and St Helier were praised for their care of women and babies. The maternity services …
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9 Feb 2024

Cancer patients who are running out of hope to be offered ‘revolutionary’ treatment

People with blood cancer who have exhausted all other treatment options will soon receive a “game-changing” therapy that has the potential to beat their illness. The “revolutionary” treatment – which uses a person’s own cells to attack their cancer – is being offered at St George’s Hospital to eligible patients …
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2 Feb 2024

Hospitals face their busiest day in months as cold weather bites

More than a thousand people visited one of St George’s, Epsom and St Helier’s emergency departments (EDs) on Monday, as demand for care soars.
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24 Jan 2024

St George’s neuromuscular service receives national recognition for outstanding care

St George’s Hospital has been recognised for providing outstanding care to people with muscle-wasting and weakening conditions across South West London and Surrey. The hospital’s Atkinson Morley Neuromuscular Centre has been given a Centre of Excellence award from leading national charity Muscular Dystrophy UK to acknowledge the care it provides …
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23 Jan 2024

Council of Governors Elections 2023/24 results published

Voting in the 2023/24 elections to the St George’s Council of Governors closed at 5 pm on Wednesday 22 December 2023. Thank you to all of those who stood in this year’s elections and to all of our members who voted, and congratulations to all of the successful candidates. Election …
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10 Jan 2024

Festive fever: Record-breaking doctors’ strikes disrupt patient care

Severe disruption to NHS services is expected over the coming days as junior doctors prepare to strike amidst a storm of winter pressures.
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2 Jan 2024

Number of emergency department visits at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier hospitals set to top 300,000 in 2023

It’s been another busy year for St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group – with 34 people, on average, going to one of our emergency departments (EDs) every hour. 2023 has also seen the birth of about 7,600 babies across our three hospitals, and the number …
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28 Dec 2023

Choose the right care for you

A lot of people come to the Emergency Department because they do not know where else to go could get quicker and more appropriate treatment much closer to home
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21 Dec 2023

Nightmare before Christmas as hospital pressures soar

A spike in very unwell patients has put indescribable pressure on St George’s, Epsom, and St Helier’s emergency departments – and with Christmas and doctors’ strikes on the way, demand could snowball further this winter. Senior clinicians are warning of severe disruption to NHS services over the coming weeks – …
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19 Dec 2023

St George’s publishes full response to the future of children’s cancer services consultation

You can read St George’s response in this article. …

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18 Dec 2023

Moving children’s cancer services further away will be ‘devastating’, says senior clinician

St George’s Hospital has a long history of treating children with cancer – but now, that hangs in the balance. Under proposals drawn up by NHS England, the service that’s been provided at the hospital for more than 25 years could be closed and moved to another hospital. Dr Sijo …
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18 Dec 2023

Children’s specialist cancer consultation closed

There will be no sudden changes to how children and young people receive care.
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18 Dec 2023

Teen follows in the footsteps of hero nurses who treated her rare cancer

“I am very excited to be following in the footsteps of the  nurses who took amazing care of me and hopefully I can be like them one day” – those are the words of a former cancer patient who is now studying to become a nurse herself. Zoe Magness was …
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15 Dec 2023

Youngster treated by ‘amazing’ St George’s teams gears up for cancer-free Christmas with sports car request

A six-year-old boy hopes Santa Claus will bring him a blue Lamborghini as he celebrates his first cancer-free Christmas since he was two. Little Jackson Hall was diagnosed with leukaemia in February 2020 after a rash appeared on his skin that wouldn’t go away – and was treated by an …
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14 Dec 2023