News and Events
St George’s unable to proceed with St Helier merger
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust submitted a bid for a potential merger with St Helier Hospital in November 2011. The board is clear that a merger between St George’s Healthcare and St Helier would be an excellent strategic opportunity, with the potential to bring significant improvements to the care of …
30 Jan 2012 | Tags: St Helier merger
Wolfson move to start in March
After reviewing the outcomes of the recent Improving neurorehabilitation services in southwest London public consultation, St George’s Healthcare is moving ahead with plans to relocate services based at the Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre. The trust’s long-term plan is to relocate the majority of the services currently provided at the Wolfson to Queen Mary’s …
27 Jan 2012 | Tags: Improving neurorehabilitation services public consultation
Mayor officially opens new breast unit at St George’s
The Rose Centre, a £4m state-of-the-art breast diagnostic unit, was officially opened at St George’s Hospital, London, on Thursday 19thJanuary by the Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor Jane Cooper. St George’s Hospital is a regional cancer centre and its clinical results for breast screening are among the best in London. The …
20 Jan 2012 | Tags: Councillor Jane Cooper Mayor of Wandsworth Rose Centre
Visitors and patients can help keep Norovirus out of hospital
St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is asking patients and visitors suffering with symptoms of diarrhoea or vomiting (D&V) not to come into hospital and instead contact their GP or pharmacy. Alison Robertson, director of nursing and infection control at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, says: “People with symptoms of D&V could …
11 Jan 2012 | Tags: norovirus
Daybreak comes to St George’s
ITV’s Daybreak breakfast programme featured live broadcasts from St George’s Hospital, London, on Friday 23rd December 2011. The programme focused on frontline care and what it was like for parents and staff on the hospital’s neonatal unit at Christmas.
23 Dec 2011 | Tags: Daybreak comes to St George’s ITV’s Daybreak breakfast programme live broadcasts
Wake up to St George’s
ITV’s Daybreak programme will include live broadcasts from St George’s Neonatal Unit on Friday 23rd December. The national breakfast programme is on air from 06.00 to 08.30hrs and reports from the hospital are expected to include interviews with staff, patients and their families and explore what hospital life is like …
22 Dec 2011 | Tags: ITV’s Daybreak programme live broadcasts neonatal unit
State-of-the-art medical training facility opens at St George’s
A new £350,000 state-of-the-art training facility was officially opened at the St George’s campus, southwest London, on 15th December by Niall Dickson, chief executive and registrar of the General Medical Council. The Advanced Patient Simulator Centre, a joint project between St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and St George’s, University of …
19 Dec 2011 | Tags: State-of-the-art medical training facility opens at St George’s training facility
People with winter bug urged to stay away from hospital
People suffering with the winter sickness bug Norovirus are being urged to stay away from hospital and instead contact their GP or pharmacy. Norovirus, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting, is generally unpleasant but rarely serious. However, by bringing it into hospital, people could be putting vulnerable patients and healthcare workers …
16 Dec 2011 | Tags: norovirus People with winter bug urged to stay away from hospital winter sickness bug
Panto brings sparkle to hospital children
Children on St George’s Hospital’s paediatric wards enjoyed an early Christmas treat on 1st December with a pantomime production of Aladdin by Starlight Children’s Foundation, as part of its Christmas of Happiness campaign. Rosie Littleboy, lead play specialist at the hospital said: “”Christmas can be a really difficult time for children who are …
9 Dec 2011 | Tags: Panto brings sparkle to hospital children pantomime Starlight Children’s Foundation
St George’s mortality rates among the lowest in England
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has been named as having one of the lowest mortality (death) rates in the country in an annual study published by Dr Foster, the independent healthcare intelligence group, on Monday 28th November. The Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2011 named St George’s Healthcare among trusts with a …
29 Nov 2011 | Tags: lowest mortality (death) rates in the country
St George’s consults on plans that will improve neurorehabilitation services
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has today, Monday 28th November 2011, launched a public consultation on its plans to develop its neurorehabilitation services designed to improve the care offered to patients in southwest London. The trust is consulting on proposals to relocate the majority those services currently provided at the Wolfson …
28 Nov 2011 | Tags: neurorehabilitation services public consultation
Mum receives daughter’s kidney in St George’s first tissue incompatible kidney transplant
The transplant team at St George’s Hospital has performed its first tissue incompatible (also known as HLA incompatible) kidney transplant on a patient from London. Debra Gouldbourne, from Catford, was born with a condition that caused her kidneys to fail and received her first kidney transplant in 1986. In 2010 …
28 Nov 2011 | Tags: first tissue incompatible kidney transplant immunosuppressive incompatible transplantation Mum receives daughter’s kidney
Public asked to think before heading to A&E
Frontline clinicians at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, are urging local people to think carefully about the most appropriate place to go for healthcare this winter rather than heading straight for A&E. Alternative services include GP surgeries, minor injuries units, walk-in centres or community pharmacies where people will be seen quicker. …
24 Nov 2011 | Tags: Public asked to think before heading to A&E
Joint HR director for trust and university
Wendy Gay has been appointed joint director of human resources at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and St George’s, University of London, and is expected to take up her new post in February 2012. The innovative appointment is part of a partnership programme that is focusing on closer working between …
9 Nov 2011 | Tags: appointed joint director human resources Wendy Gay
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to host diabetes chat on Twitter
On Monday 14th November (World Diabetes Day) St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, will be hosting a chat on Twitter with Dr Roni Sharvanu Saha, consultant in acute medicine, diabetes and endocrinology, to raise awareness of diabetes, a condition which affects more than 2.8 million people in the …
7 Nov 2011 | Tags: host diabetes chat on Twitter World Diabetes Day
