News
St George’s sets the pitch for hearing target
HEALTH MINISTER Ivan Lewis visited St George’s Hospital on Monday 5th March 2007 to set the NHS a new challenge: to cut waiting times and treat people with hearing problems more quickly. Ivan Lewis, the Minister of State for Care Services, chose to visit St George’s as an example of …
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6 Mar 2007
New birth unit for top maternity service
A NEW midwifery-led unit is to open at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this summer, providing more choice for women who want to deliver without drugs or medical intervention. The aim is to create a ‘home away from home’ for families. The unit, which has yet to be …
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6 Mar 2007
Who is your St George’s nursing hero of the year?
FOR THE second year running, patients and staff at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are being invited to nominate their nursing or midwifery hero of the year. The award is given in recognition of the extraordinary contribution made by each of the Trust’s 2,000 nurses and midwives to …
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5 Mar 2007
World Kidney Day
ARE YOUR kidneys okay? This is the challenge which will be made by doctors and nurses at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, on Thursday 8th March, World Kidney Day. Healthy kidneys remove waste and toxins from our blood, so these can be excreted, along with excess water, as urine. But as …
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26 Feb 2007
Awards for St George’s leaders
TUESDAY 13th February, was a proud day for St George’s as its leaders were honoured for their work and achievements within the NHS. Chief Executive David Astley received his OBE from the Queen during a ceremony of investiture at Buckingham Palace. The award, one of those announced in the New …
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22 Feb 2007
Dragon Children’s Centre opens its doors
A SIX-MONTH project to refurbish St George’s Children’s Clinic is complete , creating a bright and child-friendly space which will now be known as the Dragon Children’s Centre. The first clinics took place in the refurbished department on Monday 29 January. Formerly known as the Children’s Outpatients Department, the Centre …
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6 Feb 2007
Life-saving cancer screening comes to Sutton and Merton
A NEW NHS initiative will help people in Sutton and Merton to defeat one of the biggest cancer killers in the UK. Bowel cancer affects one in 20 people, and kills more than 16,000 people in the UK every year. Men and women aged between 60 and 69* are being …
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5 Feb 2007
New Chief Exec awarded OBE
THE NEW Chief Executive of St George’s Hospital has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s honours list. David Astley, who joined the Trust in December, received the award for services to the NHS and said he was shocked but honoured to have been given the award: “I must …
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2 Jan 2007
First anniversary raffle
A SPECIAL house for families of children staying at St George’s Hospital is celebrating its first anniversary of opening with a festive raffle. Children may travel a long distance to receive specialist treatment at St George’s and Ronald McDonald House provides free accommodation in eight en suite rooms to provide …
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5 Dec 2006
Mother returns to hospital with gift of life
EVER since Natasha Kearns’ daughter was admitted to the children’s intensive care unit at St George’s hospital in Tooting, she’s wanted to give something back to the fantastic staff there. And last week, she did just that. Natasha, husband Stuart and baby daughter Sorcha, returned to St George’s to present …
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28 Nov 2006
Tooting nursery raised money for children at St George’s
THE CHILDREN’S Intensive Care Unit at St George’s Hospital in Tooting received a cheque for £3,200 today [Tuesday 21 November 2006]. The Looking Glass Nursery in Macmillan Way, Tooting nominated the Unit as its chosen charity of the year. Staff at the nursery took part in a sponsored walk from …
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21 Nov 2006
Trust honours its “stars”
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust paid tribute to the dedication and loyalty of its staff and volunteers recently with a special dinner. Ten members of staff who have each worked 25 years at the hospital received a glass rose bowel for serving an amazing quarter of a century. …
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20 Nov 2006
Health Check results good for St George’s
ST GEORGE’S has been listed in the top 36 per cent of the best NHS Trust’s in the country for our quality of service in the national Annual Health Check, independently run by the Health Commission. St George’s was given an overall rating of ‘good’ for the quality of its …
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12 Oct 2006
New Chief Executive for St George’s
David Astley, the founding Chief Executive of the East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, has been announced as the new Chief Executive of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In 1999 David and his team brought together three Hospital Trusts from Ashford, Margate and Canterbury and combined them into one …
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11 Oct 2006
Bolingbroke Hospital
Today we will start a four week engagement process with our staff and stakeholders about where to provide the services that are currently being provided from the Bolingbroke Hospital in Battersea. Once we have feedback from everyone involved with the Bolingbroke Hospital, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will …
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10 Oct 2006