Press releases
Community Open Day at St George’s
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s, University of London will co-host a Community Open Day at their shared main site in Tooting on Saturday 13th October.
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5 Oct 2012 | Tags: community Miles Scott open day Professor Peter Kopelman
Antibiotic use aids MRSA spread in hospital and infection control measures do little to prevent it, says hospital study
The use of a commonly prescribed antibiotic is a major contributor to the spread of infection in hospitals by the ‘superbug’ MRSA, according to new research. The study also found that increasing measures to prevent infection – such as improved hygiene and hand washing – appeared to have only a small effect on reducing MRSA infection rates during the period studied.
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20 Sep 2012 | Tags: antibiotics Dr Lindsay Dr Tim Planche MRSA
St George’s to build South London’s first hospital helipad
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announced today, Tuesday 18th September, that it has been granted formal planning permission to develop a helipad at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. It will be only the second hospital helipad in London and the first south of the river. The development will be partly funded through a grant of £1million from the County Air Ambulance Trust HELP (Helicopter Emergency Landing Pad) Appeal.
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18 Sep 2012 | Tags: Heather Jarman helipad HELP
Royal visit for St George’s paediatric intensive care unit
The paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, was officially opened by HRH Princess Alexandra on Friday, 14th September.
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18 Sep 2012 | Tags: picu
St George’s Hospital open for business as usual
St George’s Hospital is operating business as usual following a major incident in the early hours of Tuesday 11th September, which saw five patients brought to the hospital’s major trauma centre following a road traffic accident on the A3.
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11 Sep 2012 | Tags: major incident major trauma centre
New divisional chair begins role at St George’s
Drew Fleming started in his new role of divisional chair of surgery, theatres, neurosciences and cancer at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this week. Drew had previously held the post of clinical director for surgery at the trust.
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7 Sep 2012 | Tags: divisional chair Drew Fleming Miles Scott
Steven Bolam and Neal Deans take up new executive roles
Steven Bolam started in his new role of director of finance, performance and informatics at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this week.
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5 Sep 2012 | Tags: estates and facilities finance and funding Miles Scott Neal Deans Steven Bolam
St George’s Hospital Heart Attack Centre catheter lab has London’s best survival rates
A report published by London Ambulance Service (LAS) shows that the catheter lab at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is achieving the best survival rates in London.
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3 Sep 2012 | Tags: angioplasty catheter lab heart attack centre LAS Pitt Lim
New dementia awareness scheme launched
A new initiative aimed at helping raise awareness of patients with dementia in hospital has been launched at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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13 Aug 2012 | Tags: butterfly scheme dementia Jen Tulloch
New joint director of estates and facilities for St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s, University of London
Neal Deans has been appointed to the role of joint director of estates and facilities for St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s, University of London.
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9 Aug 2012 | Tags: estates and facilities Neal Deans
Who is your NHS Hero?
NHS Heroes is a new national award scheme that recognises the efforts of staff whose expertise, passion for care, concern and everyday kindness touches the lives of patients and their families in hospital and community services. People whose day-to-day work has changed, enhanced or even saved a life dear to them.
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3 Aug 2012 | Tags: award Miles Scott NHS Hero nominations
Innovative project named finalist in 2012 HSJ Efficiency Awards
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, has been listed as a finalist in the 2012 HSJ Efficiency Awards for a heat recovery project that aims to reduce the trust’s carbon footprint and save money.
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27 Jul 2012 | Tags: award efficiency estates and facilities heat recovery HSJ Hugh Gostling
Breast care nurse wins patient award
A St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust nurse has been voted ‘Breast Care Nurse of the Year 2011’ by patients and customers of a specialist women’s clothing company.
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23 Jul 2012 | Tags: award Breast Care Nurse Sue Lowndes
London 2012 Olympic Games – Information for patients and visitors
The Torch Relay has already begun and the Olympic Flame is travelling around the country now. It will visit every London Borough and comes through Tooting on Monday, 23rd July 2012 at about 17.00hrs.
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17 Jul 2012 | Tags: olympics
Briefing: Midwifery staffing workforce review
Summary As part of creating an expanded maternity workforce which is sustainable and safe, a formal staff consultation has been carried out into the skill mix within midwifery. This consultation is about net investment in our maternity service, which will increase the number of midwives and improve quality. Evidence clearly …
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27 Jun 2012 | Tags: Midwifery staffing workforce review
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust passes annual cancer targets
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has passed all national cancer treatment and diagnosis targets for 2011/12, improving the prospects for thousands of cancer patients. Figures published by the Department of Health showed over 95 per cent of patients with suspected cancer were seen at St George’s Hospital, Tooting …
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25 Jun 2012 | Tags: Healthcare passes annual cancer targets national cancer treatment and diagnosis targets
Chief executive blog sheds a light on inner workings of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Miles Scott, chief executive, has launched a new blog on the St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust website to give our staff, patients, members and stakeholders more of an insight into how the trust works. In his first blog Miles talks about the hard work across the trust to …
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22 Jun 2012 | Tags: blog Chief executive blog launched Miles Scott
BMA industrial action, 21st June 2012
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been working closely with doctors to ensure that any impact on patients, due to industrial action by members of the British Medical Association, is minimised today, Thursday 21st June 2012. As anticipated, there is no significant impact on our services and thanks to …
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21 Jun 2012 | Tags: BMA British Medical Association industrial action
Art exhibition shows Bolingbroke in new light
A new contemporary art exhibition inspired by the former Bolingbroke Hospital will open to the public at Contemporary Applied Arts in central London W1T 1DD from 15th June until 21st July. ‘The Bolingbroke Hospital: A view backwards’ is a collaboration between Arts St George’s (formerly known as Arts for the Teaching and …
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12 Jun 2012 | Tags: art exhibition Belinda Harwood Bolingbroke Hospital
St George’s consultant elected President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Jean-Pierre van Besouw, consultant anaesthetist at St George’s Hospital, has been elected President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA), the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom. Jean-Pierre, known to friends and colleagues as J-P, qualified in 1981 at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He …
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1 Jun 2012 | Tags: anaesthesia consultant elected President RCoA Royal College of Anaesthetists