Drinking before Caesarean Birth

| Updated 15 Feb 2021 | Tags: anaethesia caesarean epidural New Beginnings patient experience spinal

We have been doing lots to improve the experience of women around the time of birth in theatre including changes to the length of time you can drink. Initially we asked mothers to ‘Sip til sending’ so you could drink until 0730 on the morning of surgery and then sip …
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Children’s cancer services – your views

| Updated 11 Feb 2021

Children’s cancer services in south London – your views The NHS in England has been working with children’s cancer specialists – including here at St George’s – as well as patients, cancer charities and the public to set standards for the way services for children with cancer should be organised. …
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Rapid Diagnostic Cancer Clinic (RDCC)

| Updated 21 Aug 2024

  The Rapid Diagnostic Cancer Clinic aims to deliver earlier and faster diagnosis for patients with vague symptoms or signs suggestive of cancer. Based at St George’s NHS Foundation Trust across both St Georges Hospital in Tooting and Queen Marys Hospital, Roehampton, the team have access to urgent specialist investigations …
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Wandsworth Children’s Social Services Occupational Therapy (CSS OT)

| Updated 7 Aug 2024

Our CSS OT service supports children and young people (0-17 years) with disabilities or long-term conditions, offering assessments, equipment, and adaptations to help manage daily tasks.
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Schools Asthma Resources

| Updated 15 Oct 2020

Asthma bag insert School Emergency Asthma Bag – Education Slides for Schools School Asthma Plan A4 Register of Pupils with Asthma Log of asthma bag use

Maternal Medicine

| Updated 4 May 2022

Our maternal medicine team at St. George’s Hospital provides outpatient and inpatient care for woman affected with pre-existing medical disorders or pregnancy-related medical conditions, for example, Gestational Diabetes or pre-existing conditions like Epilepsy or Cardiac problems We work in a multidisciplinary team of doctors and midwives in order to provide …
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Achievements

| Updated 5 Apr 2023

As a department, we are proud to be heavily involved in service development projects, important research as well as attending regular training to ensure the treatment we are offering is effective and up to date. We hope to keep this page updated with some of our most recent achievements. We …
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Contact Us

| Updated 20 Mar 2023

Updated 20/03/2023 – COVID-19: Patients and staff members are no longer requested to wear masks for their appointments at St. George’s Hospital Trust. If you need to contact the physiotherapy team directly regarding your management, please email mskphysioenquiries@stgeorges.nhs.uk or visit our homepage. Please note that this email is not to …
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Tell us what you think

| Updated 20 Mar 2023

Updated 20/03/2023 – COVID-19: Patients and staff members are no longer requested to wear masks for their appointments at St. George’s Hospital Trust. We hope that your experience with us is a positive one. We love to hear your feedback – in person, by email complaints.compliments@stgeorges.nhs.uk or by letter (see …
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Meet the Team

| Updated 16 Oct 2023

Ben Wanless Consultant Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Ben has vast experience working as a Musculoskeletal physiotherapist within the NHS, private practice, and sport, and now leads the MSK Physiotherapy service here at St. George’s. He has a Master’s degree in Sports and Exercise Medicine along with post-graduate masters level training in injection …
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