Press releases
Who Cares Wins award nomination for St George’s surgeon
Well done to Zahid Mukhtar, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at St George’s, on being nominated for The Sun’s Who Cares Wins awards. Zahid unfortunately lost out in the Best Neonatal Specialist category at the ceremony on Monday 10 October, but to even be nominated is a huge achievement. He was nominated for …
Continue reading
10 Oct 2018
St George’s Emergency Department to offer life-saving HIV testing
From Monday 1 October, St George’s Emergency Department (ED) will be offering HIV testing to all patients, aged 18-59, as part of their routine blood tests.
Continue reading
28 Sep 2018
New platelet donors needed in London to help cancer patients
NHS Blood and Transplant needs more than 500 new platelet donors at donor centres in London, including the blood centre based at St George’s Hospital.
Continue reading
24 Sep 2018 | Tags: blood donation Tooting Blood Centre
Find out about the great opportunities for nurses at our Open Day
Whether you’re a Band 5 or Band 6 Registered Nurse, Newly-Qualified, or qualifying in 2018-19, please consider St George’s as a great place to develop your career. A special Nursing Recruitment Open Day on Saturday 27 October 2018, from 9am – 3.30pm will showcase the many opportunities for nurses. Attendees will discover why St George’s is a great place …
Continue reading
20 Sep 2018
St George’s appoints new Chief Medical Officer
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Dr Richard Jennings as its new Chief Medical Officer. Dr Jennings will join St George’s from Whittington Health NHS Trust, where he has been Executive Medical Director since June 2014. As a practising physician, Dr Jennings specialised in infection and acute …
Continue reading
20 Sep 2018
New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Love’s Young Dream…
This episode – Love’s Young Dream – features three men who are all at varying stages of their lives and relationships and who are all supported in A&E by their partners.
Continue reading
12 Sep 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e ED emergency Emergency Department trauma
Auntie’s dinners are a winner in St George’s ED!
Emily Roberts works as a Sister in St George’s Emergency Department (ED). Four years ago she was working the New Year’s Eve shift and her Aunty Mary and Aunty Jill wanted to make sure she didn’t miss out on the celebrations. They decided to deliver Emily a home cooked meal …
Continue reading
12 Sep 2018
Information for patients – cardiac surgery at St George’s Hospital (10 September 2018)
We have taken the decision today to temporarily transfer the operations of a small number of patients requiring the most complex cardiac surgery to other London hospitals.
Continue reading
10 Sep 2018
Young doctor’s final wish saves lives through organ donation
The mother of a young doctor who died unexpectedly at St George’s is encouraging others to follow her daughter’s example and talk to their family about organ donation.
Continue reading
7 Sep 2018
Two teams at the Trust shortlisted for prestigious HSJ Award
Well done to our Queen Mary’s prostate cancer team and our Emergency Department team for being shortlisted within the Acute Sector Innovation category of the prestigious Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards. The awards are one of the largest celebrations of healthcare excellence in the world, recognising and promoting the finest …
Continue reading
6 Sep 2018
External independent panel to oversee response to challenges in cardiac surgery service at St George’s
St George’s is today (4 September) announcing extra steps to deal with the long-standing issues faced by its cardiac surgical service.
Continue reading
4 Sep 2018
New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: A Friend in Need…
This episode – A Friend in Need – shows the importance of true friendship.
Continue reading
29 Aug 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e ED emergency Emergency Department trauma
New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Down to Earth…
This episode of 24 Hours in A&E features three patients brought to St George’s within one 24 hour period.
Continue reading
29 Aug 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e ED emergency Emergency Department trauma
Dr Shai Betteridge wins the Practitioner of the Year Award from the Division of Neuropsychology
Dr Shai Betteridge, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at St George’s Hospital, has received the Practitioner of the Year Award from the Division of Neuropsychology – a division of the British Psychological Society. Dr Betteridge is Head of Clinical Neuropsychology and Clinical Health Psychology Department, managing adult psychology services across the Trust. Nominating …
Continue reading
17 Aug 2018
New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Heavens Above…
This episode of 24 Hours in A&E features three patients brought to St George’s within one 24 hour period.
Continue reading
15 Aug 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e ED emergency Emergency Department trauma
Professor Keith Willett visits St George’s stroke service
Professor Keith Willett, Director of Acute Care at NHS England, visited our stroke service to find out more about the care we provide for patients.
Continue reading
10 Aug 2018
St George’s clinicians lead major study into rates of sudden death in young footballers
Research published this week by New England Journal of Medicine, the world’s leading medical research journal.
Continue reading
9 Aug 2018
Cardiac surgery at St George’s – updated statement (Thursday, 9 August 2018)
Last weekend, there was extensive coverage in the media about cardiac surgery at St George’s Hospital. The media coverage focused on the findings of Professor Mike Bewick’s independent review of cardiac surgery commissioned by the Trust. His review found that our cardiac surgeons ‘were working in camps’ and that there …
Continue reading
9 Aug 2018
New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: In the Line of Duty…
This episode of 24 Hours in A&E focuses on the lengths the staff go to in the line of duty.
Continue reading
8 Aug 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e ED emergency Emergency Department trauma
First of its kind organ donation course launched for healthcare professionals
A new online course to educate healthcare professionals about organ donation has been co-created by Professor Hannah Cock following her experience of her son, Alfie, being an organ donor in 2016 aged nine.
Continue reading
6 Aug 2018 | Tags: medical education organ donation organ donor transplant tree of life