Former patient pays tribute to hospital staff

News & events | 22 Oct 2007 | Tags: Matthew Gray pays tribute

FORMER PATIENT Matthew Gray returned to St George’s Hospital this week to pay tribute to the staff who helped him on the road to recovery last year. On the 7th April this year, Matthew Gray suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage (a bleed into the space around the brain) during a cup …
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Health Check results for St George’s

News & events | 18 Oct 2007 | Tags: annual review health check ratings

PATIENTS can still have faith in St George’s reputation for excellent patient care, despite the Trust’s change in ratings in the Annual Health Check, says the Trust’s Chief Executive. In the annual review of past performance by the Healthcare Commission, the score for the quality of services at St George’s …
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St George’s Hospital Charity launches annual review

News & events | 15 Oct 2007 | Tags: Charity fundraising Hospital Charity

ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL CHARITY marked a busy and interesting year by publishing its first Annual Review this week. The review expresses the Charity’s thanks to all those people who have given so generously and fundraised so earnestly for St George’s over the year. It also shows some of the projects …
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St George’s staff to vote on new patient visiting hours

News & events | 18 Sep 2007 | Tags: visiting hours

STAFF at St George’s are to give their views on the best times for friends and relatives to visit patients. Over the last ten years the hospital has gradually relaxed its visiting hours, allowing each ward and unit to decide on their own appropriate visiting times, but the Trust is …
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Bolingbroke services to move to St John’s

News & events | 3 Jul 2007 | Tags: bolingbroke

The services currently provided at the Bolingbroke Hospital are to move to the modern St John’s Therapy Centre in Battersea, following a unanimous decision today (Tuesday, 3rd July) by Wandsworth Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT) and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Boards of both the Trust and …
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Bolingbroke Hospital Consultation Next Steps

News & events | 15 May 2007 | Tags: bolingbroke

he Bolingbroke Hospital consultation has now ended. The consultation was about where best to house the services currently provided at the Bolingbroke Hospital for the next three to five years. You can still visit the website to read updates and a copy of the full consultation document or the summary …
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Join the team

News & events | 30 Apr 2007

IF YOU have time to spare and an interest in helping people, why not join the growing team of volunteers at St George’s NHS Healthcare Trust? At present, the Trust has approximately 200 volunteers, ranging from undergraduates to retired people, and some have been volunteering for many years. There is …
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European Centre of Excellence – on your doorstep

News & events | 30 Apr 2007 | Tags: centre of excellence

THE BLOOD PRESSURE UNIT of St George’s Heathcare NHS Trust has been named by an international body as a centre of excellence, providing a high level of care to its patients. The Unit, part of the Department of Cardiology at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, is one of just seven …
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Going the distance for Cancer Research

News & events | 25 Apr 2007 | Tags: cancer research

A HELICOPTER ride over London and half-hour flying lesson will be up for grabs alongside pampering treats and restaurant dinners at a fundraising auction held by St George’s Hospital staff on Friday 27th April for Cancer Research UK. Organisers Endocrine Sister Lisa Wynn and Medical Oncology Registrar Susanna Alexander of …
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EastEnders actor opens new hospital garden

EastEnders actor opens new hospital garden

News & events | 25 Apr 2007 | Tags: hospital garden

JOSEPH KPOBIE, well-known for playing Juley Smith in Eastenders, will visit St George’s Hospital in Tooting on Tuesday 1 May to open a new garden at the heart of the hospital. Mr Kpobie was born at St George’s, his mother nursed at the hospital for many years and his sister …
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