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Chief executive blog sheds a light on inner workings of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
News & events | 22 Jun 2012 | Tags: blog Chief executive blog launched Miles Scott
Miles Scott, chief executive, has launched a new blog on the St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust website to give our staff, patients, members and stakeholders more of an insight into how the trust works. In his first blog Miles talks about the hard work across the trust to …
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BMA industrial action, 21st June 2012
News & events | 21 Jun 2012 | Tags: BMA British Medical Association industrial action
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been working closely with doctors to ensure that any impact on patients, due to industrial action by members of the British Medical Association, is minimised today, Thursday 21st June 2012. As anticipated, there is no significant impact on our services and thanks to …
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Art exhibition shows Bolingbroke in new light
News & events | 12 Jun 2012 | Tags: art exhibition Belinda Harwood Bolingbroke Hospital
A new contemporary art exhibition inspired by the former Bolingbroke Hospital will open to the public at Contemporary Applied Arts in central London W1T 1DD from 15th June until 21st July. ‘The Bolingbroke Hospital: A view backwards’ is a collaboration between Arts St George’s (formerly known as Arts for the Teaching and …
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St George’s consultant elected President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
News & events | 1 Jun 2012 | Tags: anaesthesia consultant elected President RCoA Royal College of Anaesthetists
Jean-Pierre van Besouw, consultant anaesthetist at St George’s Hospital, has been elected President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA), the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom. Jean-Pierre, known to friends and colleagues as J-P, qualified in 1981 at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He …
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Putting patients first
News & events | 1 Jun 2012
All of our performance indicators are important measures of how we are doing as a trust, but amongst the many performance indicators that NHS organisations have to report, I pay particularly close attention to are those that very clearly relate to patient experience. It is vital that we never stop …
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Chief Executive’s Blog, introduction to
News & events | 31 May 2012
I’ll be using this blog to give our staff, patients, members and stakeholders a bit more of an insight into how St George’s Healthcare works. I hope to be able to shine a light on why and how decisions are made about the future of the trust as well as …
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Emergency Department staff urge Jubilee care
News & events | 30 May 2012 | Tags: a&e Jubilee Bank Holiday Jubilee care
Emergency Department staff at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, are asking local people to be careful over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend, especially if they are hanging out the street bunting, planning a barbecue or doing a spot of gardening. The soaring temperatures that London enjoyed last weekend coincided with over 40 …
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Generous surgery gift will help St George’s babies
News & events | 30 May 2012 | Tags: Baby Isaac Fund Cristina Villiers Ian Villiers laparoscopy neonatal laparoscopic instrument sets
St George’s Hospital, London, has received two neonatal laparoscopic instrument sets, which will be the first to be used in the UK. The sets, which cost over £20,000, were bought by the Baby Isaac Fund, founded by Ian and Cristina Villiers in 2010 as a legacy for their son Isaac, …
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St George’s baby charity receives £30,000 boost from Martine McCutcheon and Jack McManus
News & events | 21 May 2012 | Tags: baby charity Jack McManus Martine McCutcheon neonatal charity
St George’s Hospital welcomed actress Martine McCutcheon and her fiancé Jack McManus on Wednesday 23rd May as they presented a £30,000 cheque won for the hospital’s neonatal charity, First Touch. As patrons of First Touch, Martine and Jack visited the neonatal unit and spent time talking with parents and staff. The …
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New finance lead for St George’s
News & events | 21 May 2012 | Tags: appointed director of finance New finance lead Steven Bolam
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, has appointed Steven Bolam to the position of director of finance, performance and informatics. Steven, who is currently director of finance and performance at Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth PCTs, will take up his new post in September. Steven has …
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