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New series of 24 Hours in A&E starts Tuesday 20th October on Channel 4
News & events | 16 Oct 2015 | Tags: 24 Hours A&E Channel 4 new series nhs St George's Tv show
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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St George’s is first major trauma centre in London recognised for its anaesthetic service
News & events | 14 Oct 2015 | Tags: ACSA anaesthesia Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) anaesthetic anaesthetic care Care Quality Commission Dr J-P van Besouw Dr Liz Williams Dr Mark Edsell Dr Tony Turley patient care patient experience RCoA Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA)
The anaesthetic department at St George’s Hospital has received Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) in recognition of the excellent service it provides. ACSA is a unique and prestigious scheme run by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) that enables departments to demonstrate quality in key areas, including patient experience and …
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Simon sweats beads for charity
News & events | 28 Sep 2015 | Tags: Be Child Cancer Aware Charity st georges university Thames Run
Simon Fitch, Head of International Development at St George’s, University of London has successfully run the 100km/62 miles Thames Path Challenge to raise £8,500 for ‘Be Child Cancer Aware’ (BCCA). “The moment I decided I wanted to show my support for BCCA was when visiting a friend’s son in St …
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Bringing the beauty of Richmond Park to St George’s
News & events | 23 Sep 2015 | Tags: cancer Isolation Room Momentum Charity paediatric Pinckney Ward Revamp
Children and teenagers being treated at St George’s Hospital are now able to enjoy a brand new Richmond Park themed isolation room on Pinckney ward paediatric unit. The £3,000 refurbishment project sponsored by The Rowans School in Wimbledon and Peter Jones Department Store was coordinated by Samuel’s Charity and Momentum. …
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St George’s shortlisted for HSJ Award!
News & events | 18 Sep 2015 | Tags: efficiency electronic prescribing ePMA HSJ awards medicine administration technology Will Hall
The electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) team have been shortlisted for the prestigious Health Services Journal award. They have been nominated under the category of ‘Using Technology to Improve Efficiency’ for their entry ‘How electronic prescribing and medicines administration is delivering safer, better and smarter healthcare.’ Electronic prescribing …
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St George’s opens the largest specialist neurorehabilitation centre in London
News & events | 9 Sep 2015 | Tags: Henry Marsh Justine Greening Miles Scott neurorehabilitation Queen Mary Hospital Wolfson
Effective rehabilitation needs to have a multi-disciplinary approach. Patients at the Wolfson will receive treatment with input from physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, specialist consultants, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists and occupational therapists.
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St George’s gets behind the ‘Seven Days to Say Yes I Donate’ campaign
News & events | 8 Sep 2015
In July this year St George’s reported the highest number of organ donors in the country. Last year our consent rate was 77%, nearly 20% above the national average. We are proud of this but we know more needs to be done.
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Thousands raised for air ambulance in memory of Ray
News & events | 8 Sep 2015 | Tags: air ambulance cycling fundraising kent KSS neurosciences Ray surrey sussex
A team of cyclists have raised more than £8,000 for Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance by tracing the final journey of a much-loved father and friend. Ray Yeo, from Goring, was helping a neighbour put up a car port when he fell from a step ladder earlier this year. …
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Nine out of ten people would recommend St George’s to a friend or relative
News & events | 24 Aug 2015 | Tags: complaints NHS Friends and Family Test PALS patient voice real time feedback
THE NHS Friends and Family Test (FFT) reached a memorable milestone this month by achieving its ten millionth piece of feedback from patients
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Reggie’s gift to bereaved families at St George’s
News & events | 7 Aug 2015 | Tags: Cuddle Cots Reggie Scanlon Family St George's Hospital Charity Stillbirth
Last month St George’s received a very kind and thoughtful gift from the Scanlon family. Trudie, her brother Leo and her son Archie came to meet with St George’s Hospital Charity and some of our midwives so that they could give us a special ‘Cuddle Cot’ which will help parents …
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