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Mayor officially opens St George’s £1.4m resuscitation unit
Mayor of Wandsworth, Cllr Mrs Jane Cooper, officially opened the new £1.4m resuscitation unit at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, on 16th September. The unit, the most modern in London, has been expanded and refurbished as part of the hospital’s development as a major trauma centre. The new facility provides eight …
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20 Sep 2011
New chair for St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
The Appointments Commission has announced the appointment of Christopher Smallwood as the new chair of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He will take up his position from 1st November 2011 and succeeds Naaz Coker who has come to the end of her eight year term of office. Christopher …
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15 Sep 2011
St George’s showcases its main entrance during Open House London Weekend
St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is participating in the Open House London Weekend on 17th and 18th September by showcasing the Grosvenor Wing main entrance. St George’s Open House day will run from 10:00hrs -16:00hrs and architect Sylwia Nyga from Gibberd Architects, artist Rebecca Salter and landscape designers Charles Funke will …
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9 Sep 2011
Living our values – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report 2010/11
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has published its 2010/11 annual report and accounts. The report highlights how the trust is living its values, launched in April 2010 – excellent, kind, responsible, respectful – which set out the standards of behaviour expected throughout the organisation. Interim chief executive Peter …
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7 Sep 2011
St George’s cardiac arrest survival rate among best in London
The survival rate of patients brought to St George’s Hospital having suffered a cardiac arrest is in the top two in London, according to statistics published by London Ambulance Service in August. The annual study examines survival rates across the capital and found that between August 2010 and July 2011 …
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24 Aug 2011
St George’s cardiac arrest survival rate among best in London
The survival rate of patients brought to St George’s Hospital having suffered a cardiac arrest is in the top two in London, according to statistics published by London Ambulance Service in August. The annual study examines survival rates across the capital and found that between August 2010 and July 2011 …
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24 Aug 2011
St George’s Healthcare’s Annual General Meeting 2011
St George’s Healthcare’s 2011 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday 29th September starting at 18.00hrs. The evening will include presentations looking back at 2010/11 and forward to the year ahead. Staff will then make short presentations about key areas of work and patients will be invited to …
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22 Aug 2011
Share your thoughts on our potential integration with St Helier Hospital
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has been invited to formally bid to integrate with St Helier Hospital, including Sutton Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children. To help us develop our bid we would like to invite local stakeholders to share their views with us at a special meeting to …
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5 Aug 2011
St George’s Healthcare response to BBC Panorama
This is an extremely sad case and our deepest sympathies go to the Ballantyne family. At the public inquest, the coroner recorded that Suzanne’s death was unavoidable and recognised that medical staff did the best they could, correctly following protocols in use at the time. Regarding the dose of Misoprostol …
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25 Jul 2011
Pioneering healthcare project tailors care around young people in Wandsworth
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has launched a project to help young people with kidney disease in southwest London balance their illness and their burgeoning lives. As part of a national 18-month project led by quality improvement organisation NHS Kidney Care, the trust has formed a multidisciplinary working group, which …
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20 Jul 2011
New information and support centre for St George’s cancer patients
A new Macmillan information and support centre for patients, carers and families affected by cancer open its doors at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, yesterday. The centre, located on the ground floor of Grosvenor Wing, will provide vital free information and support for anyone affected by cancer, whether they are worried …
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14 Jul 2011
St George’s Hospital leads the way in shortening patient stays
An innovative change in the way cancer services are provided at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, means patients can go home sooner after surgery. The trust is one of only 13 pilot sites in England working in collaboration with NHS Improvement to take forward the day case or overnight stay discharge model for women receiving …
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11 Jul 2011
Better Services Better Value events
NHS South West London are organising two events to discuss the Better Services Better Value review of health services in South West London. These events are aimed at individuals and groups who have a particular interest in health, like Local Involvement Networks (LINks), local councillors and patient groups. The details of the …
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11 Jul 2011
Public pick rose for new breast unit
A public campaign to name a new breast diagnostic unit at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, attracted nearly 400 votes, of which more that 50 per cent were for the “Rose Centre.” The Rose Centre, due to open in October 2011, will be named after breast cancer research pioneer Rose Kushner. …
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7 Jul 2011
First St George’s community open day celebrates a Tooting success story
Around 2000 people enjoyed St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and St George’s, University of London’s first community open day, which took place on Saturday 18th June. The day was officially opened by the Mayor of Wandsworth Cllr Jane Cooper, while the Rt Hon Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting, was also …
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23 Jun 2011
