Emergency S2 Ep1: St George’s return to your screens

Emergency S2 Ep1: St George’s return to your screens

News & events | 15 Aug 2023

St George’s is one of the four major trauma centres in London, and our teams have a starring role in Channel 4’s ‘Emergency’, which is back for its second series. In this first episode, London’s Air Ambulance, paramedics and fire crews are dispatched to 49 year-old Paiwand – a pedestrian …
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Plea to public ahead of fifth round of junior doctors’ strikes

Plea to public ahead of fifth round of junior doctors’ strikes

News & events | 10 Aug 2023

The number of postponed appointments on strike days has now topped 10,000 at one hospital group – and with a fresh wave of industrial action on the horizon, that figure is set to rise further. Junior doctors at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group will …
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Bereaved family donate life-saving equipment to St George’s Neonatal Unit in mum’s memory

Bereaved family donate life-saving equipment to St George’s Neonatal Unit in mum’s memory

News & events | 8 Aug 2023

Specialists at St George’s Hospital’s Neonatal Unit saved Xander Bannerman’s life “on more than one occasion” when he was born 15 weeks early, weighing just 2 lb 11 oz. Now, seven years on, the youngster and his family have returned to reunite with the team and donate ventilators for premature …
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Strike action during September and October: information for patients

Strike action during September and October: information for patients

News & events | 7 Aug 2023

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that hospital consultants will take part in strike action on Tuesday 19 September and Wednesday 20 September and from Monday 2 October to Wednesday 4 October, and junior doctors will strike from Wednesday 20 September to Friday 22 September and from Monday 2 …
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St George’s staff mix with royalty and celebrities at NHS 75 party

St George’s staff mix with royalty and celebrities at NHS 75 party

News & events | 17 Jul 2023

Long-serving St George’s staff were among the guests at a tea party attended by royalty to mark the NHS’s 75th birthday. Mark Jenkins, Senior Clinical Technologist, and Evelyn Chong, Catering Supervisor, were invited to the event which Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales also visited. Hosted by …
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Hospital group says fresh round of junior doctors’ strikes could prove most challenging yet

Hospital group says fresh round of junior doctors’ strikes could prove most challenging yet

News & events | 12 Jul 2023

A wave of back-to-back strikes will severely impact hospital services over the coming week – and will follow the busiest month of 2023 for one hospital group. St George’s, Epsom and St Helier hospitals have faced significant pressure in recent weeks, with emergency attendances in June ramping up. Last month …
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Families continue save and improve lives through deceased organ donation at St George’s Hospital

Families continue save and improve lives through deceased organ donation at St George’s Hospital

News & events | 12 Jul 2023

New figures out today reveal that there were 34 patients who donated their organs after death at St George’s Hospital last year, helping save or improve the lives of 4,532 people desperately in need of a transplant across the UK. NHS Blood and Transplant and St George’s Hospital have released …
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Strike action taking place in July: Information for patients

Strike action taking place in July: Information for patients

News & events | 11 Jul 2023

Members of the Society of Radiographers will be holding 48 hours of strikes, from 8am on Tuesday 25 July to 8am on Thursday 27 July. The strike action will impact services at St George’s Hospital in Tooting and Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. This means that some planned care – …
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Statement regarding Wimbledon incident on 6 July 2023

Statement regarding Wimbledon incident on 6 July 2023

News & events | 6 Jul 2023

For media enquiries only, please contact the St George’s press office via: 020 8266 6128 communications@stgeorges.nhs.uk ________ Statement issued at 1:30pm on 6 July 2023 Following an incident at a school in Wimbledon this morning, we are receiving a number of patients who are being cared for by our specialist …
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Trust staff triumph at the NHS Parliamentary Awards

Trust staff triumph at the NHS Parliamentary Awards

News & events | 5 Jul 2023

Congratulations to our staff for triumphing at the NHS Parliamentary awards today. We are delighted to announce that Charmaine Angela Case, Lead Clinical Specialist Nurse won the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the NHS Parliamentary Awards. And she was joined by members of our Emergency Department and Homelessness Service who …
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