St George’s goes live with helipad on 7th April

News & events | 4 Apr 2014

St George’s helipad came into operation on Monday, 7th April 2014. The helipad cost £5m to build, with £1m being donated by the HELP charity appeal and is expected to become fully functional following test flights that are happening this week.
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New Pathology Service formed for south west London

News & events | 19 Mar 2014

The chief executives of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust have today signed an agreement to join their current pathology services together to form a new pathology partnership called South West London Pathology
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Kidney donor day delights

News & events | 24 Feb 2014 | Tags: kidney donor renal

St George’s hosted a small celebration for kidney donors and recipients from the last year. Donors and the Renal team were joined by BBC London news, who did a wonderful piece on the team which appeared on both lunchtime and evening news.
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St George’s midwife’s FGM campaign support

News & events | 5 Feb 2014 | Tags: midwifery

Denise Henry, a specialist perineal midwife at St George’s Hospital, is campaigning for more support for women affected by female genital mutilation (FGM).
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An inspector calls …

News & events | 10 Jan 2014 | Tags: Care Quality Commission Foundation Trust helipad

2013 was quite a year for St George’s and 2014 promises to be equally exciting. In 12 months I hope to be blogging about becoming a Foundation Trust; our new helipad; plans for bigger and better facilities and a faster time for me than last year in the London marathon! …
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Pioneering heart valve operation avoids open heart surgery

News & events | 18 Dec 2013

A pioneering new heart valve that can be placed inside a patient without the need for open heart surgery has been used for the first time in the UK by a team of cardiologists and heart surgeons at St George’s Hospital, London.
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State-of-the-art dental suite that helps dentists brush up on skills

News & events | 13 Dec 2013

A state-of-the-art dental simulation suite has opened at St George’s Hospital.

The £350,000 facility will be used to train
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St George’s pioneers new life-saving equipment

News & events | 29 Nov 2013

Pioneering the use of a new piece of surgical equipment that can control severe bleeding within seconds of being applied.
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Staff celebrate at awards ceremony

News & events | 27 Nov 2013

Bernard Kelly, Helen Webb and Tom Magill celebrate reaching the finals of the NHS Leadership Recognition Awards. Bernard and Helen were recognised for their work in helping set up an HIV patient-led forum, while Tom developed a real-time survey system to help senior nurses deliver better care. The HIV forum, …
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HIV testing week – Get checked out!

News & events | 26 Nov 2013

The Courtyard Clinic at St George’s is offering HIV testing throughout the week as part of National HIV Testing Week (Nov 22-29).
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