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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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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
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
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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Rare cancer teen survivor inspired to be a nurse thanks to team who saved her life
News & events | 10 Feb 2023
A recovered paediatric cancer patient is hoping to follow in the footsteps of those in the outstanding rated paediatric team at St George’s Hospital that saved her life. Zoe Magness, who recently celebrated her 18th birthday, was just four years old when she became unwell and doctors found a tumour …
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