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St George’s becomes an NHS Foundation Trust
News & events | 2 Feb 2015
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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Episode Four of ’24 Hours in A&E’ – Handling Anxiety
News & events | 28 Jan 2015 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E Anxiety episode four Series 8
This week’s episode looks at the anxiety faced by patients, family and staff.
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Providing Offender Healthcare: Healthier – Inside and Out
News & events | 23 Jan 2015
Getting the balance right behind bars is what it’s all about for trust staff working at HMP Wandsworth. The Offender Healthcare Service, led by Jo Darrow, has been set up to improve the health of offenders whilst working in an environment designed to limit their liberty. Jo relishes her job …
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St George’s secures further funding to improve patient safety in Ghana
News & events | 22 Jan 2015 | Tags: funding Ghana KATH Patient Safety WHO
A partnership set up to share patient safety initiatives and approaches between KATH and St George’s has been part of a World Health Organisation (WHO) two-year programme.
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Episode Three of ’24 Hours in A&E’ – Questioning Our Mortality
News & events | 19 Jan 2015 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E Consultant Will Mortality Nurse Daryl
In this week’s episode staff and patients talk about mortality and how being in A&E brings difficult questions to the fore…
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Getting to know Simon…
News & events | 14 Jan 2015 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E A&E pressures Emergency Care nurses Simon
Nurse Simon makes his first appearance in series 8, episode 2 of ’24 Hours in A&E’ (aired on 14 January 2015, 9pm on Channel 4). We hear about how working in the stressful environment of A&E means Simon and his colleagues need to find ways to let off steam. What …
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Episode Two of ’24 Hours in A&E’ – Coping Under Pressure
News & events | 12 Jan 2015 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E nurse Simon working pressures
In this week’s episode staff discuss how A&E is somewhere they, as well as patients, face deeply challenging situations on a daily basis and people’s different coping mechanisms…
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Getting to know Rhys…
News & events | 8 Jan 2015 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E Channel 4 ED Profile Rhys Series 8
Consultant Rhys has featured alongside his St George’s colleagues in previous series’ of ’24 Hours in A&E’ but we see him in episode 1 of series 10 – the 100th episode – treating 89-year-old Sir John Cockburn who arrives at St George’s with acute abdominal pain. Here we find out …
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St George’s doctor receives award from Prime Minister
News & events | 6 Jan 2015 | Tags: award Charity point of light prime minister volunteer
Dr Na’eem Ahmed who established an organisation to help young people to volunteer using their professional skills in 2015 has been named a ‘Point of Light’ by Prime Minister David Cameron. Dr Ahmed set up the Selfless charity, an online volunteering website to promote ‘skillanthropy’, encouraging young people to use …
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’24 Hours in A&E’ is back at St George’s for another series!
News & events | 5 Jan 2015 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E Channel 4 consultant Rhys new series patient support Series 8
A new series returns to Channel 4 at 9pm on 7th January. In this week’s episode staff and patients discuss how A&E is a place where support really matters…
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