News
‘Good’ result for St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
The overall standard of care is ‘good’ across all trust sites, the Care Quality Commission has found, with some aspects of care rated as ‘outstanding’
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24 Apr 2014
St George’s goes live with helipad on 7th April
St George’s helipad came into operation on Monday, 7th April 2014. The helipad cost £5m to build, with £1m being donated by the HELP charity appeal and is expected to become fully functional following test flights that are happening this week.
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4 Apr 2014
New Pathology Service formed for south west London
The chief executives of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust have today signed an agreement to join their current pathology services together to form a new pathology partnership called South West London Pathology
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19 Mar 2014
Kidney donor day delights
St George’s hosted a small celebration for kidney donors and recipients from the last year. Donors and the Renal team were joined by BBC London news, who did a wonderful piece on the team which appeared on both lunchtime and evening news.
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24 Feb 2014 | Tags: kidney donor renal
St George’s midwife’s FGM campaign support
Denise Henry, a specialist perineal midwife at St George’s Hospital, is campaigning for more support for women affected by female genital mutilation (FGM).
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5 Feb 2014 | Tags: midwifery
An inspector calls …
2013 was quite a year for St George’s and 2014 promises to be equally exciting. In 12 months I hope to be blogging about becoming a Foundation Trust; our new helipad; plans for bigger and better facilities and a faster time for me than last year in the London marathon! …
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10 Jan 2014 | Tags: Care Quality Commission Foundation Trust helipad
Pioneering heart valve operation avoids open heart surgery
A pioneering new heart valve that can be placed inside a patient without the need for open heart surgery has been used for the first time in the UK by a team of cardiologists and heart surgeons at St George’s Hospital, London.
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18 Dec 2013
State-of-the-art dental suite that helps dentists brush up on skills
A state-of-the-art dental simulation suite has opened at St George’s Hospital.
The £350,000 facility will be used to train
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13 Dec 2013
St George’s pioneers new life-saving equipment
Pioneering the use of a new piece of surgical equipment that can control severe bleeding within seconds of being applied.
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29 Nov 2013
Staff celebrate at awards ceremony
Bernard Kelly, Helen Webb and Tom Magill celebrate reaching the finals of the NHS Leadership Recognition Awards. Bernard and Helen were recognised for their work in helping set up an HIV patient-led forum, while Tom developed a real-time survey system to help senior nurses deliver better care. The HIV forum, …
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27 Nov 2013
HIV testing week – Get checked out!
The Courtyard Clinic at St George’s is offering HIV testing throughout the week as part of National HIV Testing Week (Nov 22-29).
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26 Nov 2013
Implant helps Helena take the plunge!
Helena Martins assumed she had woken earlier than normal when she was greeted by overwhelming silence. There was no sound of traffic outside.
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19 Nov 2013
Enhanced Recovery awareness campaign has launched
The new awareness campaign for Enhanced Recovery is under way. This aims to increase participation in Enhanced Recovery across all
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14 Nov 2013
The Governor Elections – Make your vote count!
The new Staff Governor elections have begun, with only a week left to get your vote in. Deadline closes on Monday 18th November for staff nominations.
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11 Nov 2013
The future’s as bright as we want it to be, says Sir Bruce
One of the NHS’s most senior figures visited St George’s Hospital to tell staff about the challenges and opportunities facing the organisation.
Sir Bruce Keogh, a former clinician at the hospital and currently Medical Director of NHS England, said the NHS had a ‘fantastic opportunity’ to improve services if it ignored mediocrity and made an opportunity out of adversity.
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7 Nov 2013
