Press releases
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
St George’s response to today’s HSJ article on PwC report
In response to the article published by the HSJ today in to the independent report by PwC ‘Forensic review and assessment at a Glance and Recommendations’, St George’s response is as follows: The period covered in the report is now more than a year ago. A great deal has changed …
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4 Feb 2016
New series of 24 Hours in A&E starts Tuesday 20th October on Channel 4
The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a tenth series following patients treated in the same 24 hour period at St George’s. The hospital has one of the most advanced and busiest A&E departments in the world. It’s somewhere that stories of life, love and loss unfold every day.
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16 Oct 2015 | Tags: 24 Hours A&E Channel 4 new series nhs St George's Tv show
St George’s signs a clinical services contract with Gibraltar Health Authority
Dr John Cortes, Minister for Health, Environment, Energy and Climate Change today welcomed Miles Scott, Chief Executive of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation to St Bernard’s Hospital, Gibraltar. The purpose of the visit was to sign a new clinical services contract between the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) and St …
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5 Jun 2015 | Tags: clinical services contract GHA Gibraltar Health Authority pioneer Research st georges university teaching hospital
St George’s is the leading trust for organ donation in the UK
Ian Trenholm, chief executive for NHS Blood and Transplant paid St George’s a visit last month. He was here to meet our organ donation team and congratulate them on another successful year.
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13 May 2015 | Tags: donors NSH Blood and Transplant organ donation transplant tree of life trust visit
St George’s and Mitie are helping young people into work
St George’s and Mitie, our facilities management company, are working together to help young people with learning difficulties gain vital employment skills. Mitie’s healthcare cleaning team has been supporting three young people through Project SEARCH, an international training programme aimed at guiding young people who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities …
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12 May 2015 | Tags: disability employment learning disabilities Mitie Project SEARCH training
St George’s working with Monitor to address our deficit
NHS finances have been extensively documented in the media. St George’s, like many other trusts, has encountered a deficit. In April we reported a £16m deficit for 2014/15 (on a turnover of £740m) having planned a small surplus. As a major trauma centre, we have been particularly affected by the …
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11 May 2015 | Tags: finance Monitor NHS pressures reduce deficit
St George’s opens a new cancer ward
The Gordon-Smith Ward was officially opened by Dr Anne Rainsberry, NHS England’s Regional Director for London, and is the second step of investment in the trust’s cancer services.
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11 May 2015 | Tags: Anne Rainsberry cancer Gordon Smith haematology new ward oncology
Redthread Youth Violence Intervention at St George’s
Hundreds of teenagers fall victim to gang-related violence every year with some becoming trapped in a cycle of violence. Two Redthread specialist youth workers will now be based in St George’s ED to help break this cycle.
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22 Apr 2015 | Tags: Emergency Department gang violence Kings Hospital mayor initiative Redthread specialist youth workers
St George’s to become the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for non-invasive prenatal screening
Leading London NHS trust teams up with Premaitha Health to create the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for non-invasive prenatal screening.
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23 Mar 2015
St George’s becomes an NHS Foundation Trust
Health regulator Monitor has authorised St George’s to be a Foundation Trust.
To reflect this achievement, the trust’s formal title will change to St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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2 Feb 2015
South London NHS Genomics Medicine Centre announced
The South London based Genomics Network Alliance has been announced as a successful bidder in the race to become a pioneering Genomic Medicine Centre, part of the ground-breaking 100,000 Genomes Project.
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22 Dec 2014
Statement from St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust on our foundation trust application
The trust has welcomed feedback about its application to become a foundation trust from Monitor – the health sector regulator. St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust is regarded as “well-led” by Monitor and also had an overall rating of ‘good’ from the Care Quality Commission following a rigorous inspection in 2014. …
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17 Dec 2014
Statement from St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A spokesperson from St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust said: “An unwell patient who had recently travelled to West Africa was admitted to St George’s Hospital yesterday.
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3 Nov 2014
Quality Account showcases continuing improvements for St George’s patients
The St George’s Quality Account 2013/14 is now available on the trust’s website www.stgeorges.nhs.uk and on the NHS Choices website www.nhs.uk Every NHS trust in the country publishes a Quality Account each year. Quality Accounts assess how well a trust is performing against national targets set by the Department of …
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10 Jul 2014
Regional Trauma Networks are increasing patient survival rates
New figures show that patients in England have a 30 per cent improved chance of surviving severe injuries since the introduction of Regional Trauma Networks
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2 Jul 2014