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Strikes and bank holiday double-whammy will have ‘huge impact’ on hospitals
News & events | 6 Apr 2023
Hospitals are preparing for a very challenging week ahead, with hundreds of junior doctors set to go on strike for the second time in a month. A double-whammy of industrial action and the Easter bank holiday weekend is expected to ramp up pressures at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier …
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Teenager who suffered cardiac arrest reunited with heroes who saved his life
News & events | 6 Apr 2023
A teenage boy who suffered a cardiac arrest outside Twickenham Stadium has been reunited with the London Ambulance crew and medics at St George’s Hospital who saved his life. A team of ambulance crews, doctors and security staff at the stadium worked together in a race against time to rescue …
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ACCESS all areas for London’s critically unwell patients
News & events | 31 Mar 2023 | Tags: access critical care support service patient transport
A pioneering specialist ambulance service for transporting critically-ill patients between hospitals starts tomorrow in London (1 April 2023). The Adult Critical Care Emergency Support Service (ACCESS), a partnership of Barts Health NHS Trust, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and the London Ambulance …
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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