Press releases
Maternity services at St George’s
There is extensive coverage in the media today about potential changes to the way we look after patients from overseas who access our maternity services at St George’s. We want to briefly explain what changes are being proposed, and the steps we are taking to ensure patients continue to receive …
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11 Oct 2016
Ideal time to deliver twins is discovered
New data points way to improving survival rates for twins and multiple births Data1 published today in a clinical paper in the BMJ suggests that survival rates for twins and multiple births could be significantly improved if twins were delivered after 36 weeks rather than earlier. The study was a …
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9 Sep 2016
Turning ends into beginnings
St George’s Hospital calls for Tooting residents to help turn an end into a beginning.
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9 Sep 2016 | Tags: #OrganDonoation #YesIDonate
Bringing a little magic to the children at St George’s
Magic FM brought their own little bit of magic when they visited St George’s Paediatric unit to see the sensory play trolley bought by them for the ward. When they saw the joy and happiness it brought to kids on the ward they were so impressed that they promised to …
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18 Aug 2016 | Tags: Magic FM Magic FM Radio Magic Radio Nick Snaith
Dad makes phenomenal effort to raise money for fetal medicine department!
Craig is raising money for the New Kit Appeal on behalf of the Fetal Medicine Department at the hospital. The kit costs £25,000 and Craig has raised £2,500 towards it. Craig’s twin sons were delivered safely two years ago when they needed an operation in the womb to allow blood to flow equally to both twins. Without the operation and expertise of the Fetal Medicine team, one or both babies could have died.
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5 Aug 2016 | Tags: #ForTheBoysTTS; St George's Hospital Charity
St George’s Hospital Charity has new Chair
St George’s Hospital Charity is delighted to announce the appointment of Anna Walker CB as the new Chair of Trustees. She will join the charity as trustee with immediate effect and take up the post of Chair when the current Chair, Dr Stephen Hickey, retires in September after serving his …
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1 Jul 2016
New psychological support service for cancer patients and families launched at St George’s
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to announce the launch of the Macmillan Cancer Psychological Support (CaPS) Team.
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30 Jun 2016 | Tags: #cancersupport #macmillancancer #psychologicalsupport
The Tree of Life – why organ donation matters
The Tree of Life celebration is held annually at St George’s and honours people who have died over the years and donated their organs so that others might live. All staff and people associated with the donor are invited to attend the ceremony which will be held from 11:00 until …
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30 Jun 2016 | Tags: #kidneydonation #organdonation #transplants #TreeofLife
Improving neonatal care with technology
Technology is vastly improving patient care through making monitoring and record keeping easy and fool-proof. No more missing patient notes. Neonatal care requires very close monitoring by clinicians as babies can improve and deteriorate rapidly. Click here to find out more about the Cerner system which we are using at …
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21 Jun 2016
Project Search is gearing up again!
Project SEARCH has been at St George’s since 2012. It’s a supported internship programme for people with learning disabilities (aged 18-24) and takes place between September and July. During their time at St George’s, the trainees learn about work and develop their employability skills by carrying out unpaid work experience …
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20 Jun 2016
St George’s co-hosts fetal medicine event at Royal Society of Medicine
On Wednesday 14 June, our fetal medicine and clinical genetics teams co-hosted an educational seminar at premises of the Royal Society of Medicine with Premaitha, makers of the SAFE (St George’s Antenatal Fetal Evaluation) blood test. The test was first offered from June 2015 at the trust.
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20 Jun 2016
Education, education, education!
St George’s surgical teaching faculty were nationally recognised by the College of Surgeons of England as the regional team delivering the most Royal College surgical teaching courses in 2015. This award is the result of a great team effort by many consultants and trainee surgeons from different specialties working with …
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20 Jun 2016
Acorn Services – new leaflet provided by the Friends of St George’s
New sexual health information leaflet for people with learning disabilities The sexual health services have produced a leaflet on sexual health for parents, carers and health professionals working with people who have a learning disability. The leaflet can be view on the public website here. Please share the leaflet. The …
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23 May 2016 | Tags: sexual health;Courtyard clinic;
The Big Lottery Fund supports local patients with 4 year funding award
Local people with Parkinson’s disease, those undergoing kidney dialysis, and those recovering from neurological injury will benefit from a £144,776 grant award from the Big Lottery Fund to St George’s Hospital Charity, announced today. The 4-year grant award to St George’s Hospital Charity is to expand services that the charity …
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17 May 2016 | Tags: Hospital Charity St George's Hospital Charity
Support Grace in her Marathon run!
If you enjoyed reading about Grace Harvard (see 19 April) then look / listen out for her on Monday morning when she will reveal what it is really like to run the Marathon. Catch Grace at: 0740 hours – Celebrity Green Start Point – BBC Breakfast 0840 hours – Red …
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22 Apr 2016 | Tags: Grace Harvard; Marathon;
Announcement from Sir David Henshaw, Chair of St George’s Hospital
Miles Scott steps down as St George’s Chief Executive Officer Miles Scott will be stepping down from his role as Chief Executive Officer in order to take up a secondment to NHS Improvement where he will take a senior role leading national priorities. Miles has been Chief Executive Officer of …
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22 Apr 2016
Junior doctors’ industrial action 26th and 27th April: Information for patients
As you may be aware, the British Medical Association (BMA) has confirmed that junior doctors will be taking industrial action from 8am until 5pm on Tuesday 26th April and Wednesday 27 April. We will need to cancel and reschedule non-urgent operations and outpatient appointments. We apologise for any inconvenience this …
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21 Apr 2016 | Tags: junior doctors strike
Congratulations to all the HSJ Value Awards Finalists
St George’s has been shortlisted in three categories in the HSJ Value Awards 2016. South West London Pathology (a pathology partnership set up by St George’s, Croydon and Kingston Hospitals) has also been shortlisted for an award. The HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards seeks to recognise and reward outstanding efficiency …
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11 Apr 2016
Urogynaecology service update
In June 2015 a decision was taken to temporarily suspend the provision of the urogynaecology sub-specialty service at St George’s due to safety and governance concerns. The trust undertook a consultation process in order to understand future options for the re-provision of this service.
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11 Apr 2016
Statement from Miles Scott on Junior Drs contract imposition
You may have read that I was one of 20 chief executives referenced in a letter from NHS chief negotiator Sir David Dalton to the Secretary of State regarding the Junior Drs contract negotiations. My response to the media enquires received throughout the day is as follows; “I was happy …
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12 Feb 2016
