Press releases
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
Emergency Department staff urge Jubilee care
Emergency Department staff at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, are asking local people to be careful over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend, especially if they are hanging out the street bunting, planning a barbecue or doing a spot of gardening. The soaring temperatures that London enjoyed last weekend coincided with over 40 …
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30 May 2012 | Tags: a&e Jubilee Bank Holiday Jubilee care
Generous surgery gift will help St George’s babies
St George’s Hospital, London, has received two neonatal laparoscopic instrument sets, which will be the first to be used in the UK. The sets, which cost over £20,000, were bought by the Baby Isaac Fund, founded by Ian and Cristina Villiers in 2010 as a legacy for their son Isaac, …
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30 May 2012 | Tags: Baby Isaac Fund Cristina Villiers Ian Villiers laparoscopy neonatal laparoscopic instrument sets
St George’s baby charity receives £30,000 boost from Martine McCutcheon and Jack McManus
St George’s Hospital welcomed actress Martine McCutcheon and her fiancé Jack McManus on Wednesday 23rd May as they presented a £30,000 cheque won for the hospital’s neonatal charity, First Touch. As patrons of First Touch, Martine and Jack visited the neonatal unit and spent time talking with parents and staff. The …
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21 May 2012 | Tags: baby charity Jack McManus Martine McCutcheon neonatal charity
New finance lead for St George’s
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, has appointed Steven Bolam to the position of director of finance, performance and informatics. Steven, who is currently director of finance and performance at Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth PCTs, will take up his new post in September. Steven has …
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21 May 2012 | Tags: appointed director of finance New finance lead Steven Bolam
St George’s breast cancer service wins national improvement award
The breast cancer service team at St George’s Hospital, London, has won an NHS Improvement award for reducing the amount of time that patients spend in hospital following surgery. In January 2011 the team introduced a new 23-hour discharge model for breast cancer patients. As a result there has been …
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18 May 2012 | Tags: breast cancer service wins national improvement award
A single pathology service for south west London announced
The chief executives of each of the four hospital trusts in south west London have today announced plans to join forces to develop a single pathology service for south west London. The four chief executive have released the following joint statement on behalf of the south west London pathology programme …
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18 May 2012 | Tags: single pathology service
St George’s Nurse of the Year awards celebrate staff dedication
International Nurses’ Day was celebrated at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on Friday 11th May with the trust’s annual Nurse of the Year awards. Awards presented include Nurse of the Year, Midwife of the Year, Healthcare Assistant of the Year and Mentor of the Year. All award nominations were …
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16 May 2012 | Tags: Nurse of the Year awards
Take That star opens new children’s garden at St George’s Hospital
Take That singer Mark Owen took time out of his busy schedule to officially open a new children’s garden at St George’s Hospital, southwest London, on Friday 27th April. The singer, who lives in Wandsworth, met with patients, parents and staff during his visit and also made time to go around the …
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Robotic surgery at St George’s is improving cancer care
St George’s Hospital, southwest London, has become one of only a handful of hospitals in the UK to use robotic, minimally invasive, surgery to improve outcomes for bladder cancer patients. Part of the standard treatment for bladder cancer patients is a cystectomy, the removal of all or part of the …
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25 Apr 2012 | Tags: bladder cancer robotic
Improvement in patient experience at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The latest inpatients Care Quality Commission (CQC) national survey has confirmed patient experience improvements for St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s patients. The trust is now achieving results expected of a major healthcare provider that compare favourably with similar organisations. Staff developed and implemented a range of changes that …
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24 Apr 2012 | Tags: Care Quality Commission CQC
Martine McCutcheon helps raise money for St George’s baby charity
Award-winning actress Martine McCutcheon will appear on the ITV game show All Star Family Fortunes on Sunday 29th April to raise money for First Touch, St George’s Hospital’s neonatal charity. Martine and her fiancé Jack McManus are patrons of First Touch, which supports premature and sick babies, their families and the staff who …
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23 Apr 2012 | Tags: First Touch Martine McCutcheon neonatal charity
New technology at St George’s is pushing the boundaries and saving lives
Heart patients treated at St George’s Hospital, London, are benefiting from cutting-edge technology that is helping clinicians to save the lives of those who have suffered a cardiac arrest. The LUCAS 2 is an automated chest compression device that takes over the ‘cardiac massage’ part of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when …
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30 Mar 2012 | Tags: cardiopulmonary resuscitation chest compression device CPR LUCAS 2
Members meet the trust chairman and chief executive
Over 50 members of St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust attended a meeting on Wednesday 22nd February where they heard presentations from Christopher Smallwood, trust chairman, and Miles Scott, chief executive. The event provided an opportunity for members to learn more about the work of the trust and its strategic aims …
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29 Feb 2012 | Tags: chief executive Christopher Smallwood Miles Scott trust chairman
St George’s is the best in London for heart attack response
St George’s Hospital, Tooting, has the best response rate for treating heart attack patients in London, according to the latest Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) which was discussed at the MINAP London Roadshow in November 2011. The annual study looked at data from April 2010 – March 2011 and …
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28 Feb 2012 | Tags: heart attack response minap Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project response rate
St George’s unable to proceed with St Helier merger
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust submitted a bid for a potential merger with St Helier Hospital in November 2011. The board is clear that a merger between St George’s Healthcare and St Helier would be an excellent strategic opportunity, with the potential to bring significant improvements to the care of …
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30 Jan 2012 | Tags: St Helier merger
Wolfson move to start in March
After reviewing the outcomes of the recent Improving neurorehabilitation services in southwest London public consultation, St George’s Healthcare is moving ahead with plans to relocate services based at the Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre. The trust’s long-term plan is to relocate the majority of the services currently provided at the Wolfson to Queen Mary’s …
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27 Jan 2012 | Tags: Improving neurorehabilitation services public consultation
Mayor officially opens new breast unit at St George’s
The Rose Centre, a £4m state-of-the-art breast diagnostic unit, was officially opened at St George’s Hospital, London, on Thursday 19thJanuary by the Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor Jane Cooper. St George’s Hospital is a regional cancer centre and its clinical results for breast screening are among the best in London. The …
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20 Jan 2012 | Tags: Councillor Jane Cooper Mayor of Wandsworth Rose Centre