Press releases
GP appointments now available in the evening and at weekends
Our Emergency Department is one of the busiest in the country, especially at this time of year, so we would like to encourage everyone to be aware of the other ways to access local healthcare Since December 2017, GPs across London have started to offer appointments in the evenings and …
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4 Jan 2018
24 Hours in A&E is back with its 14th series
This episode marks St George’s 99th episode of #24HrsAE and is the first episode of 2018 – the year celebrating 70 years of the NHS.
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2 Jan 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E Channel 4 documentary series Emergency Department
Off duty nurse saves man’s life during supermarket shop
A nurse from St George’s Hospital has been reunited with the man whose life she helped save during a trip to the supermarket.
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22 Dec 2017
Pumping Marvellous! St George’s staff win national heart failure awards
Matthew Sunter, Heart Failure Nurse, and Dr Lisa Anderson, Heart Failure Cardiologist, have been nationally recognised and honoured by patients for their exceptional quality of care and treatment in the Pumping Marvellous Foundation Awards. Matthew was nominated by patients to receive the ‘You’re Simply Marvellous Award’ while Dr Anderson received …
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20 Dec 2017 | Tags: award cardiologist heart failure pumping marvellous
St George’s Radiology Department take over international conference in Chicago!
The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the most esteemed global annual meeting, with over 60,000 international attendees, ended last week. This year, the St George’s Radiology Department led the UK in academic contribution and award recognition. In addition to organisation and leadership roles in educational …
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19 Dec 2017
Open Day to showcase Band 5 staff nurse opportunities at St George’s
Come along to our special Nursing Recruitment Open Day on Saturday 27 January, from 9.30am – 3pm. We’re recruiting Band 5 nurses for many different specialties and services.
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18 Dec 2017
Health Secretary visits St George’s ahead of presumed consent consultation
Jeremy Hunt, MP and Secretary of State for Health, visited St George’s as one of the leading Trusts for organ donation in the UK ahead of the consultation announcement on presumed consent for organ donation.
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12 Dec 2017 | Tags: consultation department of health donor health secretary Jeremy Hunt lead governor organ donation presumed consent secretary of state tree of life
St George’s achieves third consecutive year of Royal College accreditation
Congratulations to St George’s Anaesthetic Team on their re-accreditation with the Royal College of Anaesthetists. The team recently had the news confirmed that they had achieved the Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) again, making St George’s one of only five Trusts across the country to do so for three consecutive years. …
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8 Dec 2017 | Tags: ACSA Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation anaesthetics re-accreditation royal college
St George’s HaMpton app selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator
The Home Monitoring of Hypertension in Pregnancy app (HaMpton) is one of 11 innovations selected to join the nationally-celebrated NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA). Dr Asma Khalil, Consultant Obstetrician at St George’s, led the HaMpton app project after having had the idea as a junior doctor. The app was designed to …
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1 Dec 2017 | Tags: app blood pressure Consultant Obstetrician HaMpton NHS Innovation Accelerator
St George’s paediatric venous access service draws international recognition
St George’s is one of only two Trusts in the UK to offer a nurse-led, ultrasound guided venous access service for children, an innovation that Brian Carey Paediatric Oncology Nurse Practitioner, has developed over the last three years. Using ultrasound vein-finder technology in children has meant our nurses now have …
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1 Dec 2017 | Tags: paediatric oncology venous access
Survival rates for lung cancer buck national trend at St George’s
One year survival rates for patients that have undergone lung cancer surgery at St George’s are higher than the majority of other centres in the country, according to data published this month. The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland has recognised St George’s as a ‘positive outlier’ …
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1 Dec 2017 | Tags: cardiothoracic surgery lung cancer surgery survival rates
Parents filled with ‘comfort and pride’ raise awareness for children’s organ donation
Professor Hannah Cock, Consultant Neurologist at St George’s, and husband Martin Scott said that being able to donate Alfie’s organs brought them ‘great comfort and pride’.
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29 Nov 2017 | Tags: donor organ donation transplant tree of life
Stephen Jones appointed new Director of Corporate Affairs at St George’s
Stephen Jones has been appointed as the new Director of Corporate Affairs at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Stephen is currently Chief of Staff and executive lead for corporate governance at the General Medical Council. Prior to this, Stephen worked as Stakeholder Engagement Director on Co-operation and Competition …
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27 Nov 2017 | Tags: board Director of Corporate Affairs executive director governance new appointment
St George’s Hospital first in UK to install latest Swiss birthing pools
Our midwife-led Carmen Suite has had two state-of-the-art birthing pools installed into its newly refurbished rooms – providing a tranquil environment for mothers and babies. We spoke to Emma Spillane, Head Midwife on Carmen Suite, about the benefits these new pools offer to the hundreds of women who give birth …
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24 Nov 2017
HSJ Award win for our BP Home Monitoring Team
Congratulations to St George’s Pregnancy BP Home Monitoring Team who won a Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award on Wednesday (22 November).
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23 Nov 2017 | Tags: blood pressure Dr Asma Khalil HaMpton home monitoring HSJ Award Maternity win
Twiddle muffs, made in Spain, and sent with love to St George’s!
Agueda Gota, Older Person’s Assessment and Liaison Nurse at St George’s, mentioned to her mum that our dementia patients were in need of new twiddle muffs, which are specially made hand-warmers that keep them from picking at IV lines and clothing. Agueda’s mum Nati, 75, decided to help out and …
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22 Nov 2017 | Tags: alzheimer's dementia Spain twiddle muffs
St George’s neo-natal unit rated ‘best place ever’ to train
Our Neo-natal unit at St George’s has been rated as the best place for junior doctors to train and learn new skills.
17 Nov 2017
Our Maternity Unit outperforms national average
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published a report on NHS maternity services across the country, and our Maternity Unit was shown to be outperforming the national average in a number of key areas.
16 Nov 2017
St George’s staff recognised as academic promotions announced
Seven members of St George’s staff, and 22 people in total including St George’s, University of London staff, have been recognised in the annual academic promotions.
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1 Nov 2017
Vietnam mission ‘resounding success’ for St George’s Consultants
A team of four consultants from St George’s spent one week in Vietnam last month to lead the first targeted mission to treat children and young adults with a range of orthognathic conditions. The mission was carried out with the charity Facing the World which helps to treat children in …
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1 Nov 2017 | Tags: anaesthetics Charity consultants maxillofacial surgery mission orthognathic orthondontics vietnam