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St George’s celebrates International Nurses’ Day
News & events | 12 May 2015 | Tags: healthcare assistant International Nurses' Day mentor midwifery nursing awards
St George’s marked International Nurses’ Day with the trust’s annual nursing awards. The awards identify and celebrate the nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and mentors in the trust who have made an outstanding contribution to patient care.
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St George’s and Mitie are helping young people into work
News & events | 12 May 2015 | Tags: disability employment learning disabilities Mitie Project SEARCH training
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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St George’s working with Monitor to address our deficit
News & events | 11 May 2015 | Tags: finance Monitor NHS pressures reduce 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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St George’s opens a new cancer ward
News & events | 11 May 2015 | Tags: Anne Rainsberry cancer Gordon Smith haematology new ward oncology
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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Nepal earthquake appeal
News & events | 1 May 2015
Buddhi Pant grew up in the Gorkha district in Nepal. His hometown, Simley, and surrounding villages were all destroyed by the earthquake that you will have heard about on the news.
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Restricted vehicle access at St George’s – Saturday 25th April
News & events | 24 Apr 2015
If you are travelling to St George’s Hospital this weekend please note there will be restricted access for vehicles within the site between 08:00 and 13:00.
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First Touch transforms the neonatal ‘Quiet Room’
News & events | 24 Apr 2015 | Tags: First Touch fundraising neonatal quiet room
The St George’s neonatal unit is a level three centre, meaning it takes care of the sickest and most premature babies across South West London, and sometimes beyond. The ‘Quiet Room’ is an important space within the unit where staff can take parents and relatives to sensitively explain the treatment …
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St George’s Day competition winners announced!
News & events | 24 Apr 2015 | Tags: competition helipad patient stories St George's Day staff examples winners
Last week we launched a special St George’s Day competition asking for people to tell us why St George’s Hospital is special to them. We were inundated with entries from staff, friends, relatives, past and present patients. We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to make a submission. …
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Redthread Youth Violence Intervention at St George’s
News & events | 22 Apr 2015 | Tags: Emergency Department gang violence Kings Hospital mayor initiative Redthread specialist youth workers
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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Tell us why St George’s is special to you and you could win a helipad tour!
News & events | 16 Apr 2015 | Tags: Celebrate competition helipad St George's St George's Day
To mark St George’s day we’re asking you to tweet, Facebook or email us with your stories, poems or photos of why St George’s is special to you…
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