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Soaring temperature leads to record attendance at St George’s A&E
News & events | 10 Oct 2011 | Tags: October heat wave Soaring temperature leads to record attendance
The accident and emergency (A&E) department at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, experienced record attendances during the early October heat wave treating nearly 1200 patients between Saturday 1st October and Monday 3rd October – a record for the time of year. Phil Moss, clinical director for A&E and major trauma, said: …
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Naaz Coker, chair of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announces the interim chief executive appointment
News & events | 1 Oct 2011 | Tags: interim chief executive Peter Coles
Naaz Coker, chair of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announces the interim chief executive appointment. Naaz said: “On behalf of the trust board I am pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Coles as interim chief executive. Peter, who will take up the post on Monday 6th June, …
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Macmillan information and support centre officially opened at St George’s Hospital
News & events | 30 Sep 2011 | Tags: Macmillan information and support centre
On 21st September, the new Macmillan information and support centre for patients, carers and families affected by cancer at St George’s Hospital was officially opened by Cllr Mrs Jane Cooper, Mayor of Wandsworth and Chris Cotton, chief executive, Royal Albert Hall and former patient of the hospital. The centre provides essential …
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Public meeting to discuss potential integration with St Helier Hospital – Thursday 6th October
News & events | 28 Sep 2011 | Tags: potential integration public meeting
The next public meeting to discuss the potential integration of St George’s Healthcare with St Helier Hospital, including Sutton Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, will take place on Thursday 6th October 2011. The meeting will take place in the Whitehall Lecture Theatre at St Helier Hospital from 18:15 to …
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St George’s Healthcare appoints new chief executive
News & events | 26 Sep 2011 | Tags: Miles Scott new chief executive
The board of St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, London, has appointed Miles Scott as its new chief executive. Miles, who has been chief executive of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since August 2005, is expected to take up his new post by January 2012. Before joining Bradford Teaching Hospitals …
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Mayor officially opens St George’s £1.4m resuscitation unit
News & events | 20 Sep 2011 | Tags: Mayor of Wandsworth opens resuscitation unit
Mayor of Wandsworth, Cllr Mrs Jane Cooper, officially opened the new £1.4m resuscitation unit at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, on 16th September. The unit, the most modern in London, has been expanded and refurbished as part of the hospital’s development as a major trauma centre. The new facility provides eight …
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New chair for St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
News & events | 15 Sep 2011 | Tags: New chair for St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
The Appointments Commission has announced the appointment of Christopher Smallwood as the new chair of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He will take up his position from 1st November 2011 and succeeds Naaz Coker who has come to the end of her eight year term of office. Christopher …
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St George’s showcases its main entrance during Open House London Weekend
News & events | 9 Sep 2011 | Tags: Grosvenor Wing main entrance main entrance showcases
St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is participating in the Open House London Weekend on 17th and 18th September by showcasing the Grosvenor Wing main entrance. St George’s Open House day will run from 10:00hrs -16:00hrs and architect Sylwia Nyga from Gibberd Architects, artist Rebecca Salter and landscape designers Charles Funke will …
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Living our values – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report 2010/11
News & events | 7 Sep 2011 | Tags: Healthcare Annual Report
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has published its 2010/11 annual report and accounts. The report highlights how the trust is living its values, launched in April 2010 – excellent, kind, responsible, respectful – which set out the standards of behaviour expected throughout the organisation. Interim chief executive Peter …
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St George’s cardiac arrest survival rate among best in London
News & events | 24 Aug 2011 | Tags: cardiac arrest survival rate
The survival rate of patients brought to St George’s Hospital having suffered a cardiac arrest is in the top two in London, according to statistics published by London Ambulance Service in August. The annual study examines survival rates across the capital and found that between August 2010 and July 2011 …
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