Name our new breast diagnostic unit

News & events | 10 Jun 2011 | Tags: Breast Diagnostic Unit

      St George’s Hospital is a regional cancer centre and its clinical results for breast screening are among the best in London. To modernise the service a stand-alone facility providing state-of-the-art technology for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer and other breast diseases is under development and …
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St George’s Healthcare’s stroke services among the best in the UK

News & events | 1 Jun 2011 | Tags: Stroke

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust’s stroke services were rated in the top 25 per cent in the UK, according to the National Sentinel Audit for Stroke, organised by the Royal College of Physicians. The audit assessed the care of patients who had a stroke between 1st April and 30th June …
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Review to look at Better Services, Better Value in southwest London

News & events | 27 May 2011 | Tags: Better Services Better Value review

Doctors, nurses and therapists are coming together with patients and their representatives to review health services in southwest London. They are calling the review: Better Services Better Value. Dr Howard Freeman, local GP in Merton, and Medical Director for NHS South West London said: “We spend £2.2 billion on health services …
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Naaz Coker to step down as chair in October

News & events | 13 May 2011 | Tags: Naaz Coker

St George’s Healthcare chair, Naaz Coker, has announced that she will be stepping down when her second four-year term comes to an end in October of this year. Speaking about her decision Naaz said: “Chairs and non-executive directors can be appointed for two four-year terms and under special circumstances, for …
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Community services information and advice day announced

News & events | 12 May 2011 | Tags: community services advice day

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has joined with Tooting Safer Neighbourhood team (Metropolitan Police), Wandsworth Adult Social Services, Wandsworth Carers Centre and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust and other voluntary sector agencies to pilot a community services advice day in Tooting. This free drop in …
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St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive announces decision to step down

News & events | 6 May 2011 | Tags: chief executive David Astley

David Astley has announced his decision to step down as chief executive of St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust in south west London. Since he joined St George’s Healthcare in December 2006 the trust has become a major trauma centre, a hyper-acute stroke unit and, in October 2010, successfully integrated with …
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Record low infection rates at St George’s Hospital

News & events | 5 May 2011 | Tags: Clostridium difficile infection rates MRSA

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has achieved the lowest infection rates it has ever recorded for MRSA and Clostridium difficile (C.diff) at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, and the Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre, Wimbledon. Acquiring only nine MRSA infections and 83 C.diff infections during 2010/11, the trust remained within its mandatory performance …
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Spring issue Membership Matters out now

News & events | 4 May 2011 | Tags: Membership Matters

The spring issue of Membership Matters, the quarterly publication for St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust’s members, is out now. The latest issue contains information about the trust’s foundation trust plans, its corporate social responsibility framework, a report on the benefits to patients of hourly ward rounding and a feature about how …
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St George’s Healthcare invests in new trauma facilities

News & events | 27 Apr 2011 | Tags: trauma facilities

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust’s commitment to provide new and improved facilities for patients is continuing with work to expand the A&E resuscitation department on the main hospital site in Tooting. The works will provide eight new resuscitation beds. Each bed space will be larger than at present, allowing staff …
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First community open day for St George’s

News & events | 20 Apr 2011 | Tags: community open day

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and St George’s, University of London will co-host a community open day at their shared main site in Tooting on Saturday 18th June. The day, which will run from 10:00 to 15:00hrs, is free to attend and will offer visitors the chance to gain an …
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