News and Events
Stroke patient flown to St George’s for urgent treatment
St George’s received its first hospital transfer stroke patient by air last week. Kent Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance were called to transfer a stroke patient from the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford to St Georges Hospital last week. The patient had failed to respond to his initial treatment and needed … Continue reading
24 Mar 2015 | Tags: helipad KSS Stroke thrombectomy
St George’s to become the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for non-invasive prenatal screening
Leading London NHS trust teams up with Premaitha Health to create the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for non-invasive prenatal screening. Continue reading
23 Mar 2015
Guardian angels on ’24 Hours in A&E’
This week’s episode focuses on patients and their families who feel like a guardian angel has watched over them at a crucial time. Continue reading
17 Mar 2015 | Tags: 24 Hours A&E cancer guardian angels Paediatrics seris 8
Nutrition and Hydration Week 2015 is here!
Find out what we’ll be doing to support this internationally renowned awareness campaign Continue reading
16 Mar 2015
John feels the wonder of the da Vinci robot
St George’s has been reported to be the hospital carrying out the highest number of partial nephrectomies using the da Vinci® Surgical System. Continue reading
12 Mar 2015 | Tags: da Vinci kidney partial nephrectomy robotic surgery urology world kidney day
St George’s tackles false fire alarms on site
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest single-site hospitals in the UK. Due to the size of our site the trust has chosen to operate under an automatic fire system which triggers an immediate call to the fire brigade when an alarm is activated. Recent … Continue reading
11 Mar 2015 | Tags: false alarms fire alarms Fire Brigade new training
Broken bones and broken relationships in ’24 Hours in A&E’
This week’s episode focuses on patients recovering from broken bones as well as broken relationships.
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10 Mar 2015 | Tags: 24 Hours 24 hours in A&E CT relationships trauma
Flowers from the Queen delight visitors and staff
Staff at St George’s Hospital were surprised and delighted to receive a call from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to say that Her Majesty the Queen wanted to donate some flowers to us. Continue reading
5 Mar 2015 | Tags: Her Majesty Royal Family Royals St George's st george's hospital St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The Queen tooting
More drama with ’24 Hours in A&E’ this week
We’re back for another 60-minutes of A&E drama this Wednesday at 9pm on Channel 4. This week the episode focuses on a group of women who come into the department needing treatment for a variety of illnesses and trauma. Continue reading
4 Mar 2015 | Tags: 24 Hours 24 Hours A&E CT scan Emergency Department spinal fractures Stroke
St George’s trains the Sky1 TV stars at a ‘Critical’ bootcamp
Sky 1’s ‘Critical’ contacted St George’s for guidance on medical accuracy. Dr Heather Jarman, Consultant Nurse in Emergency Care at St George’s offered to provide training for the 23-strong cast and crew.
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3 Mar 2015 | Tags: Critical drama education filming major trauma centre Sky 1 training
Parents, children and partners on ’24 Hours in A&E’
This week’s episode was scheduled to be the last in the current series. However, we know it’s still cold outside and you need some St George’s A&E drama to warm your heart and keep things cosy on a midweek evening so we’re going to keep the episodes coming Continue reading
24 Feb 2015 | Tags: 24 Hours 24 hours in A&E cardiology family relationships Series 8 trauma
St George’s to create a new specialist youth service for victims of gang-related violence
St George’s will be one of the major trauma centres (MTC) to host specialist youth workers dealing directly with young victims of gang crime, it was announced today. The youth workers will be placed in every MTC to support victims and reduce youth violence in London under the major expansion … Continue reading
17 Feb 2015 | Tags: deputy mayor funding gang-related violence major trauma major trauma centre new initiative specialist youth workers
‘Broadchurch’ at St George’s!
On one overcast Saturday in September 2014 St George’s opened its doors to the crew and cast of ITV’s award winning drama, ‘Broadchurch’. The 30-strong crew arrived early in the morning and parked up their three lorries that were brimming with lighting, costume changes and location props – it was … Continue reading
16 Feb 2015 | Tags: Broadchurch David Tennant filming health advice Olivia Colman pacemaker
St George’s is taking part in pioneering new buddy scheme to improve experience of care for cancer patients
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to be taking part in a pioneering ‘buddy scheme’ to help some NHS trusts in England to improve cancer patients’ experience of care. St George’s was identified by the recent Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) as being one of the most … Continue reading
13 Feb 2015 | Tags: buddy scheme cancer Cancer patient experience mentor patient experience
Mark’s Miracle
St George’s is one of the largest single-site hospitals in the UK and has one of Britain’s most advanced and busiest A&E departments. Approximately 400 people visit our emergency department (ED) every day. They come to us seeking care and treatment for a wide range of medical conditions – painful … Continue reading
11 Feb 2015 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E Consultant Will major trauma miracle
