Press releases
Our Urology department recognised as a European Robotic training centre
St George’s Hospital Urology department has been recognised by the European Robotic Urology Society as a host training centre.
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12 Jun 2018
Find out why St George’s is a great place to start your nursing career at our Open Day
We’re recruiting Band 5 nurses across St George’s for many different services.
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6 Jun 2018
New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Liberation Day…
The RTS award-winning documentary series is back with its fifteenth series following patients treated in the same 24 hour period at St George’s in south west London. The hospital has one of the busiest A&E departments in Britain. It’s a place where stories of life, love and loss unfold every day. This episode – …
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6 Jun 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e emergency Emergency Department trauma
Ground breaking HIV research undertaken at St George’s
Ground breaking new research shows that gay men reporting chemsex are five times more likely to have a new HIV diagnosis than other gay men. It’s also reported that they are nine times more likely to be diagnosed with Hepatitis C and four times more likely to be diagnosed with …
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6 Jun 2018 | Tags: chemsex Courtyard Clinic HIV sexual health
New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: The Underdogs…
Tonight’s episode (30 May) – The Underdogs – includes the stories of Tony, Alison and Harry filmed over 24 hours at St George’s. Tune in to Channel 4 at 9pm.
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30 May 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e ED Emergency Department resus
New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Born to be Wild…
Tonight’s episode – Born to be Wild – focuses on the chances people take in life and whether a gamble ever pays off.
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23 May 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e ED Emergency Department resus
“It’s thanks to the amazing treatment I received that I’m still here today” Lorraine Kelly returns to St George’s to thank staff
TV presenter Lorraine Kelly celebrates NHS 70th birthday by returning to St George’s to thank staff who treated her when she was admitted to St George’s in 2012 as a major trauma patient.
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21 May 2018 | Tags: 70th birthday Emergency Department Gunning Ward Lorraine Kelly major trauma media NHS70 surgery
Cardiac team wins prestigious BMJ Award
Congratulations to the cardiac team for winning the Clinical Leadership Team of the Year award for the management of aortic aneurysm and aortic valve disease.
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15 May 2018 | Tags: aortic aneurysm aortic surgery BMJ Award cardiac clinical leadership team of the year
New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Every cloud…
Tune in to watch Every Cloud – Wednesday 16 May, 9pm, Channel 4 – which looks at how families pull together and find strength in testing times.
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15 May 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e Channel 4 ED Emergency Department
Major increase in clinical trial recruitment at St George’s
St George’s recruited over 6,000 patients to clinical trials during 2017/18 – an impressive 24% increase on the previous year.
4 May 2018
Statement on behalf of Ray Wilkins’ family
Statement on behalf of Ray Wilkins’ family It is with great sadness we announce that Raymond Colin Wilkins passed away this morning. We would like to thank St George’s staff for the amazing work they have done to care for our beloved Ray. We would also like to say thank …
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4 Apr 2018
Home therapies (including peritoneal dialysis) and renal transplant clinics to transfer to Courtyard Clinic building at St George’s on 9 April
The home therapies (including peritoneal dialysis) and renal transplant clinics will transfer to the Courtyard Clinic building at St George’s Hospital on 9 April. The peritoneal dialysis clinic is currently provided out of Willow Annexe, and our renal transplant clinic is based in Atkinson Morley, both of which are also on the St George’s Hospital …
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3 Apr 2018
UK first at St George’s saves life of mother and her unborn baby
Specialists at St George’s have operated on a woman to repair a life-threatening, large swelling in the artery supplying blood to her unborn baby.
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27 Mar 2018
Band 5 Nurses invited to learn more about working at St George’s
Following the success of our recent nursing open day, where 60 nurses were recruited, St George’s will be holding a Band 5 nurses open day in March. At our January open day, more than 100 nurses attended to learn more about what St George’s can offer, including our world-leading neurosciences, headline-making neonatal …
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20 Mar 2018
Local businessman supports St George’s Staff Appreciation Awards as way of ‘giving back’
St George’s Hospital in London is this week (Thursday 15 March) holding its first ever Staff Appreciation Awards, made possible by the support of the Pelican London Hotel & Residence and Yellow Brick Group.
15 Mar 2018
HSJ nomination for hyperacute neurology service
The hyperacute neurology service at St George’s has been shortlisted for a prestigious Health Service Journal (HSJ) Value Award.
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12 Mar 2018
NHS BT staff battle through snow to save St George’s leukaemia patient
A leukaemia patient at St George’s received a lifesaving stem cell transplant last week after selfless staff at NHS Blood and Transplant (BT) battled through the snow to deliver the cells in time. Biomedical Scientists at NHS BT, Geoff White and Sue Bartlett, drove three-hours from their base in Southampton …
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9 Mar 2018 | Tags: blood Leukaemia NHS BT Stem Cell transplant
Magnetic controlled ‘growth rods’ used in scoliosis spinal surgery at St George’s for the first time
Surgeons at St George’s Hospital in south London have used adjustable telescopic magnetic rods for the first time to straighten the spine of a young girl with severe scoliosis.
Patient, Harleigh Jackson, 11, underwent the procedure at St George’s before Christmas. She also has Russell-Silver syndrome, a congenital condition which restricts growth
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8 Mar 2018
St George’s pilots revolutionary prostate cancer service
St George’s is one of three Trusts using cutting edge technology to reduce diagnosis times for prostate cancer from six weeks to one day in a world-leading new approach.
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7 Mar 2018 | Tags: prostate cancer rapid service revolutionary treatment
St George’s paves the way with UK surgical first
Bariatric surgeons at St George’s carried out the first day case gastric bypass procedure in the UK in January.
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7 Mar 2018 | Tags: Bariatric Surgery day surgery gastric bypass