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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. …
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
Plans for new children’s hospital are ‘bold, fresh, and exciting’ say St George’s Prof Paul Heath
NHS England is consulting on the future of children’s cancer services in the region – with St George’s one option, and Evelina London the other. We think Kids Deserve St George’s, and are ready to build a new state-of-the-art hospital that would ensure children with cancer can receive care for …
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13 Dec 2023
Strike action during December and January: Information for patients
The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that junior doctors will take part in strike action from 7am on 20 December 2023 until 7am on 23 December 2023 and from 7am on 3 January 2024 until 7am on 9 January 2024. The strike action will impact services at St George’s …
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13 Dec 2023
St George’s children’s cancer ward has a “sense of safety” says Dr Holly Tallentire
Outstanding care and empathy shown by staff are just some of the reasons kids cancer services should stay at St George’s, according to Paediatric Psychologist Dr Holly Tallentire. Dr Tallentire, who is based on Pinckney Ward, says there is a “sense of safety” where she works that would be hard …
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13 Dec 2023
Rise in winter viruses ramp up pressures in emergency departments
Winter illnesses like flu and norovirus are on the rise across Surrey and South West London – and hospitals are facing extreme pressures as a result. Every winter is challenging for St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group – and for the wider NHS – but …
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7 Dec 2023
Prestigious award win scooped by clinicians and patient team
A medical team at St George’s Hospital and a profoundly deaf teen are the first ever winners of an award in memory of a campaigning mum.
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6 Dec 2023
Opt-out HIV testing in emergency departments helps patients get quicker diagnosis
Tens of thousands of patients going to St George’s, Epsom and St Helier’s emergency departments (EDs) have been tested for HIV in the past year, thanks to a pioneering scheme that helps people with the virus start treatment more quickly. All three hospitals offer the opt-out testing – and carried …
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1 Dec 2023
Local politicians hear why Kids Deserve St George’s – please complete the consultation now!
Local councillors representing people across South West London and Surrey recently got the chance to visit St George’s and hear more about our children’s cancer services. NHS England are running a consultation on the future location of children’s cancer services across south London and much of south east England. Our …
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28 Nov 2023
Joint public statement regarding Professor Marjan Jahangiri, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
In May 2022, Professor Jahangiri issued proceedings in the Employment Tribunal against St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) and Dr Richard Jennings (Group Chief Medical Officer) for alleged whistleblowing detriments in respect of certain matters arising out of the Independent Mortality Review of Cardiac Surgery at the …
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27 Nov 2023
Nurse whose daughter had leukaemia joins fight to keep children’s cancer services at St George’s
A children’s nurse who has cared for hundreds of kids during her decades-long career saw her worst fears realised when her own teenage daughter was diagnosed with cancer. Megan Whooley was just 16 when she was told she had leukaemia, and was transferred to the very ward at St George’s …
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15 Nov 2023
