St George’s opens its doors for the 2012 Community Open Day

News & events | 18 Oct 2012

On Saturday, 13th October, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s, University of London opened their doors to members of the public for the 2012 St George’s Community Open Day.
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Community Open Day at St George’s

News & events | 5 Oct 2012 | Tags: community Miles Scott open day Professor Peter Kopelman

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s, University of London will co-host a Community Open Day at their shared main site in Tooting on Saturday 13th October.
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Antibiotic use aids MRSA spread in hospital and infection control measures do little to prevent it, says hospital study

News & events | 20 Sep 2012 | Tags: antibiotics Dr Lindsay Dr Tim Planche MRSA

The use of a commonly prescribed antibiotic is a major contributor to the spread of infection in hospitals by the ‘superbug’ MRSA, according to new research. The study also found that increasing measures to prevent infection – such as improved hygiene and hand washing – appeared to have only a small effect on reducing MRSA infection rates during the period studied.
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St George’s to build South London’s first hospital helipad

News & events | 18 Sep 2012 | Tags: Heather Jarman helipad HELP

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announced today, Tuesday 18th September, that it has been granted formal planning permission to develop a helipad at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. It will be only the second hospital helipad in London and the first south of the river. The development will be partly funded through a grant of £1million from the County Air Ambulance Trust HELP (Helicopter Emergency Landing Pad) Appeal.
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Royal visit for St George’s paediatric intensive care unit

News & events | 18 Sep 2012 | Tags: picu

The paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, was officially opened by HRH Princess Alexandra on Friday, 14th September.
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Annual report 2011/12 looks back over exciting year for St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

News & events | 14 Sep 2012 | Tags: Christopher Smallwood CQC Dr Foster Miles Scott report

The St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust today published its annual report and annual accounts 2011/12

The report has been published in a number of formats to try and cater for everybody’s needs. The best way to read the report is on the St George’s Healthcare website at www.xstgeorges.nhs.uk/annual The report is optimised for mobile phones so the layout will automatically adjust to your phone’s screen size, and there are also versions available for e-readers and Kindles, as well as a PDF version and a summary report on the website that will also be available around St George’s and Queen Mary’s Hospitals and health centres across Wandsworth.
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St George’s Hospital open for business as usual

News & events | 11 Sep 2012 | Tags: major incident major trauma centre

St George’s Hospital is operating business as usual following a major incident in the early hours of Tuesday 11th September, which saw five patients brought to the hospital’s major trauma centre following a road traffic accident on the A3.
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New divisional chair begins role at St George’s

News & events | 7 Sep 2012 | Tags: divisional chair Drew Fleming Miles Scott

Drew Fleming started in his new role of divisional chair of surgery, theatres, neurosciences and cancer at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this week. Drew had previously held the post of clinical director for surgery at the trust.
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Steven Bolam and Neal Deans take up new executive roles

News & events | 5 Sep 2012 | Tags: estates and facilities finance and funding Miles Scott Neal Deans Steven Bolam

Steven Bolam started in his new role of director of finance, performance and informatics at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this week.
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St George’s Hospital Heart Attack Centre catheter lab has London’s best survival rates

News & events | 3 Sep 2012 | Tags: angioplasty catheter lab heart attack centre LAS Pitt Lim

A report published by London Ambulance Service (LAS) shows that the catheter lab at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is achieving the best survival rates in London.
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