EMERGENCY SERVICES PULL TOGETHER FOR ST GEORGE’S

News & events | 11 Jun 2008 | Tags: BATCA Fun Day Gatton Muslim primary Midsummer St Augustine's Church

TOOTING’s emergency services have chosen St George’s as the beneficiary of their combined effort to pull a 3350 kg ambulance through the streets of Tooting. As part of the Balham and Tooting Community Association (BATCA) Midsummer Fun Day on Saturday 21 June, Tooting Fire Station, Tooting Safer Neighbourhood Team and …
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ST GEORGE’S TOP FOR REDUCING PATIENT WAITS

News & events | 10 Jun 2008 | Tags: exceeding patient waits reduce

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been praised by the minister of state for public health for exceeding a government target to reduce patient waits – nine months ahead of deadline. The Trust is one of just 35 in England and one of six in the London area …
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BREAST SCREENING ADVICE GOES ON THE WEB

News & events | 12 May 2008 | Tags: Breast breast screening Screening

The South West London Breast Screening Service is launching a web site to help inform local women about breast screening services. The web site – www.swlbreastscreening.co.uk – has been designed to allow women to get further information about breast screening from the comfort of their own home. It includes information on: having …
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St George’s Transformation begins with new front entrance

News & events | 3 Mar 2008 | Tags: front entrance make-over refurbishment transport lounge

The main entrance at St George’s Hospital is to gain a complete make-over in a major refurbishment scheme beginning in the spring. This is the first time the entrance to the hospital has been given a face-lift since the Tooting Hospital opened in the late 1970s. Pictured above is an …
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Hospital and RMHC scoop Wandsworth Design Awards

News & events | 25 Feb 2008 | Tags: Access Award Design Awards dragon children's centre RMHC

The two hospital schemes to win awards are the Dragon Children’s Centre, which has won a Commendation Award for Access, and the A Walk on the wild side garden, which receives an Access Award. RMHC has won an Access Award for its Tooting House. The Wandsworth Design Awards have been …
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Medical students take to the catwalk for charity

News & events | 12 Feb 2008 | Tags: catwalk CDC Fashion Show Student Charity

ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL CHARITY is the fortunate beneficiary of this year’s hugely successful Student Charity Fashion Show! Students from St George’s University of London chose the Child Development Centre (CDC) at St George’s as their special charity of the year to benefit from all proceeds raised from the Fashion Shows. …
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Wimbledon Celtic Supporters support St George’s children

News & events | 21 Dec 2007 | Tags: Celtic presents Wimbledon

YOUNG INPATIENTS AT ST GEORGE’S received a generous donation of gifts from Wimbledon Celtic Supporters club this week. The club, which meets at the Jack Beards pub on Mitcham Road, Tooting, donated over £800 worth of presents to children on the paediatric wards at St George’s. The gifts range from …
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Guyanese achiever benefits hospital

News & events | 19 Dec 2007 | Tags: charitable donated donation Mr Dindayal VIDUR DINDAYAL

AUTHOR VIDUR DINDAYAL visited St George’s Hospital this week to present a charitable donation to the Chairman. Mr Dindayal, a Streatham resident for 40 years, has donated the proceeds from his first book to benefit children at the Tooting hospital. Mr Dindayal’s book, Guyanese Achievers UK, catalogues the biographies of …
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New hospital medical director appointed at St George’s

News & events | 6 Nov 2007 | Tags: Dr Derek Dundas Dr Ros Given-Wilson Medical Director

AS ONE MEDICAL Director retires at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, another is appointed and both are senior radiologists by trade. The Trust has announced that Dr Ros Given-Wilson will become the Trust’s new medical director with responsibility for children’s and women’s services as well as the hospital’s …
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Move Bolingrbroke services to St John’s agrees Secretary of State

News & events | 29 Oct 2007 | Tags: bolingbroke move services St John's Therapy Centre

The Health Secretary Alan Johnson has accepted recommendations made by an independent panel to move the services based at the Bolingbroke Hospital in the short term to the nearby St John’s Therapy Centre in Battersea. The announcement means that St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Wandsworth Teaching Primary …
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