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St George’s consults on plans that will improve neurorehabilitation services
News & events | 28 Nov 2011 | Tags: neurorehabilitation services public consultation
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has today, Monday 28th November 2011, launched a public consultation on its plans to develop its neurorehabilitation services designed to improve the care offered to patients in southwest London. The trust is consulting on proposals to relocate the majority those services currently provided at the Wolfson …
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Mum receives daughter’s kidney in St George’s first tissue incompatible kidney transplant
News & events | 28 Nov 2011 | Tags: first tissue incompatible kidney transplant immunosuppressive incompatible transplantation Mum receives daughter’s kidney
The transplant team at St George’s Hospital has performed its first tissue incompatible (also known as HLA incompatible) kidney transplant on a patient from London. Debra Gouldbourne, from Catford, was born with a condition that caused her kidneys to fail and received her first kidney transplant in 1986. In 2010 …
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Public asked to think before heading to A&E
News & events | 24 Nov 2011 | Tags: Public asked to think before heading to A&E
Frontline clinicians at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, are urging local people to think carefully about the most appropriate place to go for healthcare this winter rather than heading straight for A&E. Alternative services include GP surgeries, minor injuries units, walk-in centres or community pharmacies where people will be seen quicker. …
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Joint HR director for trust and university
News & events | 9 Nov 2011 | Tags: appointed joint director human resources Wendy Gay
Wendy Gay has been appointed joint director of human resources at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and St George’s, University of London, and is expected to take up her new post in February 2012. The innovative appointment is part of a partnership programme that is focusing on closer working between …
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St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to host diabetes chat on Twitter
News & events | 7 Nov 2011 | Tags: host diabetes chat on Twitter World Diabetes Day
On Monday 14th November (World Diabetes Day) St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, will be hosting a chat on Twitter with Dr Roni Sharvanu Saha, consultant in acute medicine, diabetes and endocrinology, to raise awareness of diabetes, a condition which affects more than 2.8 million people in the …
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New specialist staff will improve care for St George’s sickle cell patients
News & events | 2 Nov 2011 | Tags: improve care New specialist staff sickle cell patients
Two new specialist appointments made at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust during September will bring improved care for local sickle cell patients. Dr Elizabeth Rhodes has joined the trust as sickle cell haematology consultant ensuring that patients living with this life-long condition will receive stabilised and consistent care. Dr Penelope …
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St George’s introduces website advertising
News & events | 24 Oct 2011 | Tags: introduces website advertising
During October St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, will introduce advertising onto its website, helping to support the production of high quality information for patients and visitors. The adverts will appear in a way that does not impact on the experience of website users and the trust will retain the right to …
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Pioneering stem cell treatment for sickle cell is a UK first
News & events | 17 Oct 2011 | Tags: pioneering stem cell transplant treatment stem cell treatment
A pioneering stem cell transplant treatment used for sickle cell patients has been successful in curing 23-year-old Remmy Kamya of this crippling disease. The treatment, which is a UK first, was led by Dr Mickey Koh, director of stem cell transplants and consultant haematologist at St George’s Hospital in London. …
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Robert back on his feet thanks to St George’s major trauma services
News & events | 14 Oct 2011 | Tags: back on his feet major trauma centre Robert Williamson
Last year single parent Robert Williamson lay in a road with a shattered pelvis, crushed bowel and dislocated hips, wondering if he would ever walk again. Just 12 months later Robert is back on his feet after being taken to St George’s Hospital immediately following his accident. He had been …
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St George’s celebrates 40 years of CT scanning
News & events | 10 Oct 2011 | Tags: celebrates 40 years of CT scanning computed tomography CT
It was hailed as the biggest medical breakthrough since the stethoscope and the discovery of x-rays. This month, October 2011, St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust celebrates 40 years since the very first clinical use of computed tomography (CT). CT scanning is a non-invasive medical imaging method, used to create 3D …
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