Press releases

International Nurses Day winners announced

It was a day of celebration on Friday 12 May as nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants gathered at St George’s Hospital for our annual International Nurses Day Awards ceremony. There were presentations, dance breaks, sing-a-longs, and the all-important awards – presented by Avey Bhatia, our Chief Nurse and Director of …
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19 May 2017

St George’s receives epilepsy research grant

St George’s has been awarded one of seven new research grants to advance our understanding of epilepsy.

Epilepsy Research UK has funded the 12-month pilot scheme – ‘recording brain activity using electrodes placed in the nose’ – at St George’s to assess a new minimally invasive method to monitor brain activity.
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19 May 2017 | Tags: award consultant neurologist epilepsy grant national epilepsy week Research

Important information regarding NHS cyber-attack: St George’s not affected

Trust emails were suspended temporarily as a precaution, however we can confirm they are now restored to normal.
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14 May 2017

Team of 22 save woman and her unborn baby at St George’s

A 22 strong team has saved the life of a mother and her unborn baby after a major heart and aortic defect was detected during screening.
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2 May 2017 | Tags: caesarean cardiac emergency Intensive care neonatal unit surgery

Harbhajan Singh Brar appointed as Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development at St George’s

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Harbhajan Singh Brar as its new Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development. Harbhajan will join St George’s next week on Tuesday, 2 May. He joins St George’s from Sodexo UK, where he has been Director of Human Resources since 2011. Harbhajan has …
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27 Apr 2017

St George’s cardiac team gets Royal seal of approval at London marathon

Experts from St George’s Hospital were on hand at the London Marathon last weekend to deal with any medical emergencies as over 40,000 runners took part in Britain’s largest sporting event.
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26 Apr 2017

Andrew Grimshaw appointed St George’s new Chief Financial Officer

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Andrew Grimshaw as its new Chief Financial Officer. Andrew is currently Director of Finance at London Ambulance Service (LAS), a position he has held since January 2013. He has also been Acting Chief Executive at LAS since January this year. Prior …
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21 Apr 2017

James Friend to join executive team at St George’s

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed James Friend as Director of Delivery, Efficiency and Transformation.

James joins St George’s from the Department of Health, where he is currently an advisor to the Secretary of State for Health.

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19 Apr 2017

St George’s leads the way in new treatment for stroke patients

An emergency treatment for stroke patients used at St George’s Hospital is being rolled out to other centres across the UK, benefiting an estimated 8,000 patients.

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11 Apr 2017 | Tags: nhs st george's hospital Stroke stroke rehabilitation thrombectomy

A sneak peek into tonight’s episode of 24 Hours in A&E “Stand by your man”

The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twelfth 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 – under more pressure than ever. It’s a place where stories of life, …
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27 Mar 2017 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E a&e Channel 4 Emergency Department major trauma

Bringing the theatre back to the operating theatre

Our plastic surgery team at St George’s streamed live operations – with fully consenting patients for the purpose of education and development – to a captivated audience of medical undergraduates from St George’s, University of London for the first time earlier this year.

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24 Mar 2017

St George’s Surgeons lead charity mission to Nepal

Two consultant paediatric surgeons from St George’s are about to embark on a three week charity mission to Nepal as part of a project to perform life-changing operations for communities without proper access to healthcare. Zahid Mukhtar and Shabnam Parkar will travel to Nepal in May with Jessica Ng (paediatric …
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16 Mar 2017

St George’s trauma care rated best in the country

More lives are being saved year on year thanks to our Major Trauma Centre (MTC) at St George’s, and the extended trauma network of which we are part. Data published by the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) shows that patients treated within the South West London and Surrey Trauma …
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16 Mar 2017

Jacqueline Totterdell appointed St George’s Chief Executive 

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Jacqueline Totterdell as its new Chief Executive.

Jacqueline is currently Chief Operating Officer at Barts Health, a role she has held since 2015.
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16 Mar 2017

Heberden Ward at St George’s receives Quality Mark

Heberden Ward at St George’s has been awarded a Quality Mark for the care it provides to older people, including those with dementia. Louise Clancy (pictured), Senior Sister on Heberden, says the award is a real boost for staff on the ward, as well as patients and their relatives: “The …
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2 Mar 2017

St George’s operates on youngest ever patient

Surgeons at St George’s Hospital in London have operated on their youngest ever patient, who was born at just 23 weeks gestation and required emergency surgery when she was 6 days old and weighing only 609g (1.3 lbs).

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1 Mar 2017

A sneak peek into tonight’s episode of 24 Hours in A&E “Safe From Harm”

The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twelfth 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 – under more pressure than ever.  It’s a place where stories of life, love and loss …
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28 Feb 2017

A sneak peek into tonight’s episode of 24 Hours in A&E “Flesh and Blood”

The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twelfth 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 – under more pressure than ever. It’s a place where stories of life, love and loss unfold …
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21 Feb 2017

Gillian Norton appointed Chairman of St George’s

Gillian Norton has been appointed as the new Chair of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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17 Feb 2017 | Tags: appointment Chair Council of Governors leadership

A sneak peek into tonight’s episode of 24 Hours in A&E ‘Catch me if I fall’

The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twelfth 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 – under more pressure than ever.  It’s a place where stories of life, love and loss …
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14 Feb 2017