Hospital endoscopy unit ‘excels’, say Government and Royal College inspectors

News & events | 16 Mar 2006 | Tags: endoscopy

THE ENDOSCOPY unit at St George’s Hospital is set to become a screening centre for bowel cancer after reviews by the Government and a group representing four Royal Colleges described it as an “outstanding” centre for patient care and medical training. The reviews, which were held in November 2005 by …
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Wimbledon charity raises £48,000 for epilepsy dietitian at hospital

News & events | 15 Mar 2006 | Tags: epilepsy dietitian

Children in south west London who suffer from a drug-resistant form of epilepsy will be able to try a special diet that can control their seizures from today following a campaign by a local charity to raise thousands of pounds for a specialist dietitian at St George’s Hospital. The Daisy …
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Stay away from hospital if you have winter sickness bug

News & events | 22 Feb 2006 | Tags: norovirus winter sickness bug

DO NOT come to hospital if you are suffering with the winter sickness bug, St George’s Hospital has warned. The winter virus which causes diarrhoea and vomiting is described as ‘unpleasant but rarely serious’ by doctors, but by bringing the virus into hospital you could be putting vulnerable patients and …
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Hospital staff join police to improve security

News & events | 15 Feb 2006 | Tags: police security

STAFF at St George’s Hospital in Tooting are being asked to become Special Constables and patrol the hospital, acting as a powerful deterrent to crime and disorder. As part of the Metropolitan Police Force’s HospitalWatch scheme, staff would patrol the hospital site with experienced officers once a fortnight, training to a high …
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Nominate your nursing hero of the year

News & events | 8 Feb 2006

PATIENTS are being invited to nominate a nurse or midwife for a major new award launched today by St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Nurse/Midwife of the Year award is being held for the first time this year to ‘celebrate and recognise the extraordinary contribution’ made to patient …
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Research shows new drug can stop mother-baby transmission of HIV

News & events | 24 Jan 2006 | Tags: drug HIV mother-baby transmission

DOCTORS from St George’s Hospital have found that a new drug for treating HIV infections can prevent pregnant women infected with a drug-resistant form of the virus from transmitting it to their babies. Two case studies published by a team of virology, paediatric and sexual health experts from the hospital …
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Radiologist appointed hospital Medical Director

News & events | 17 Jan 2006 | Tags: Dr Derek Dundas Medical Director

A SENIOR radiologist has been appointed a medical director of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust announced today [17th January] that Dr Derek Dundas, 53, is the new medical director with responsibility for children’s and women’s services as well as the hospital’s diagnostic units and intensive care …
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A year of progress for St George’s as waiting times fall

News & events | 11 Jan 2006 | Tags: waiting times

WAITING times for operations and outpatient appointments at St George’s Hospital fell to an all-time low in December after a year of ‘very strong progress’ for clinical care, according to one of its medical directors. Six months is now the maximum amount of time patients can expect to wait for …
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‘Put It Out’: Smoking banned from local hospitals

News & events | 3 Jan 2006 | Tags: smoking ban

SMOKERS WATCH OUT: Next time you pay a visit to hospital, you will have to put out your cigarette before you step foot on its grounds. The three hospitals run by St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust became smoke-free zones on New Year’s Eve. The ban on smoking, which …
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Hospital ‘hotel’ opens for Mums and Dads

News & events | 19 Dec 2005 | Tags: hospital hotel

ST GEORGE’S Hospital has opened a ‘home away from home’ for parents whose children need long-term inpatient care. And the house has already received its first guest. Carly Gillard, 24, from Eastbourne in Sussex is the first parent to stay there while her six year old daughter, Nicole, receives treatment …
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