Temporary changes to homebirth and birth centre services at St George’s Hospital

Temporary changes to homebirth and birth centre services at St George’s Hospital

News & events | 30 Mar 2023

As of 23 March, we have taken the decision to temporarily close our birth centre. We continue to temporarily divert care from our birth centre to our main delivery suite. We are still providing midwifery led care, and can adapt the environment on the delivery suite to meet your needs, …
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First Touch peer support group wins local community award

First Touch peer support group wins local community award

News & events | 22 Mar 2023

Congratulations go our to St George’s in house neonatal charity, First touch NNU, for winning a community award at the BATCA (Balham and Tooting Community Association, for their peer supporter scheme for mums and dads on our neonatal ward. The aim of the BATCA Community Awards is to recognise the …
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Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care visit St George’s

Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care visit St George’s

News & events | 19 Mar 2023

St George’s hosted a visit from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steven Barclay on Thursday 16 March.
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Celebrating Mother’s Day across our hospitals

Celebrating Mother’s Day across our hospitals

News & events | 17 Mar 2023

To mark Mother’s Day, we spoke to some of the amazing mums and daughters who work for us here at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group…
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Emergency departments face their busiest Monday of the year on first day of junior doctors strikes

Emergency departments face their busiest Monday of the year on first day of junior doctors strikes

News & events | 14 Mar 2023

Emergency departments at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier’s hospitals were hit by their busiest Monday this year – with more than 1,000 people coming through their doors over the course of the day. This high demand – the equivalent of roughly one person every 90 seconds – came during …
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St George’s, Epsom and St Helier hospitals issue advice to the public ahead of junior doctor strikes

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier hospitals issue advice to the public ahead of junior doctor strikes

News & events | 11 Mar 2023

Use our services wisely but continue to come forward in an emergency and attend appointments unless you hear otherwise – that’s the message from St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals and Health Group ahead of the junior doctor strikes next week. Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and …
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St George’s Green Plan Workshop

St George’s Green Plan Workshop

News & events | 10 Mar 2023

This week we ran a workshop to refresh St George’s Green Plan and bring sustainability back into our teams and key stakeholders top priorities. The healthcare we provide in the future depends on the action we take on climate change today. “It will be grimly ironic if the NHS creates …
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Quitting tobacco for good this No Smoking Day

Quitting tobacco for good this No Smoking Day

News & events | 8 Mar 2023

On Wednesday 8 March thousands of smokers were encouraged to quit tobacco for good during the annual No Smoking Day. Around 6 million people in the UK smoke, while around 80,000 die every year from smoking-related causes. That’s 80,000 too many. St. George’s Tobacco Dependence team were on hand in …
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St George’s mends broken hearts

St George’s mends broken hearts

News & events | 14 Feb 2023

St George’s structural heart team has doubled the number of hearts they’ve fixed via TAVI procedures in the last two years.
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Tens of thousands of patients tested for HIV in our Emergency Departments

Tens of thousands of patients tested for HIV in our Emergency Departments

News & events | 10 Feb 2023

Tens of thousands of patients were tested for HIV in our emergency departments last year, thanks to an opt-out scheme that aims to ensure people who have the virus get the support they need quickly.  St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals and Health Group offers opt-out HIV testing in …
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