Vestibular Function Tests

| Updated 15 Mar 2019

Vestibular function tests are performed to assess the inner ear balance organs and to identify if one or both are working properly. Part of this will involve close observation and recording of your eyes movements to look for nystagmus. Kindly refer to the section on Preparing For Your Vestibular Test …
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St Georges Children’s Hearing Services Working Group (CHSWG)

| Updated 24 Jun 2020

The aim of Children’s Hearing Services Working Group (CHSWG) is to provide a forum for collaboration between families, health, educational and social care professionals, voluntary organisations and others who commission, use or provide services for hearing impaired children. CHSWG is responsible for improving services for families and children by listening …
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Neuro-Oncology

| Updated 8 Nov 2023

Visit the Neuro-Oncological Surgery Page St George’s offers a supra-network multidisciplinary service for managing tumours in the central nervous system, serving a population of over four million. We receive referrals from South West London and Surrey, and surrounding counties. We also accept out-of-area referrals and referrals from overseas, reflecting the high level of specialist …
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Upper Gastrointestinal (Upper GI) Cancer

| Updated 10 Mar 2023

St George’s Hospital provides diagnostic and specialist care for patients with cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract and hepatobiliary organs (UGI and HPB), including the diagnoses of oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic and hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine cancers. What are the signs and symptoms? The symptoms of oesophageal and gastric cancers are …
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Pituitary and Skull Base Tumours

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 2 Dec 2024

The St Georges Skull base Multidisciplinary Team provides services to patients throughout South and South West London and the Home Counties including Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire. The MDT meets to discuss cases every Wednesday at 12pm sharp via Teams. If you would like an invite to this meeting, please …
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Diabetic Foot Clinic

| Updated 17 Feb 2025

We provide a specialised inpatient and outpatient podiatry service that manages acute foot complications secondary to diabetes. The service operates as part of an integrated Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) with support from diabetes and endocrine, vascular surgery, orthopaedic surgery, microbiology, interventional and MSK radiology, orthotics, and psychology. Your first appointment Please …
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Brain/CNS MDT

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 7 Feb 2024

Patients with a first diagnosis of suspected brain tumour must be referred to the on call neurosurgery service as described below*. All patients should be referred for discussion in the weekly Brain/CNS MDT meeting. This is hosted via MS TEAMS each Friday from 08:00 to 10:00. MDT referral process A neuro-oncology …
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery MDT

| Updated 12 Aug 2024

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Multidisciplinary Meeting Our partner institution, the Royal Marsden Hospital, has been commissioned by NHS England to provide Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases for Southwest London, Surrey, and Sussex. Suitability for radiosurgery will depend on characteristics of the tumour(s) identified on brain imaging as well as factors such …
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Brain/CNS Tumours

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 21 Dec 2023 | Tags: brain tumour MDT neurosurgery referral

Patients with a first diagnosis of suspected brain or CNS tumour must be referred via the on call neurosurgery service and referred for discussion in the weekly Brain/CNS MDT meeting. This includes suspected cases of: Primary brain tumour (e.g. low grade glioma, glioblastoma) Brain metastasis Meningioma Pineal region tumour Intradural spinal …
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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Unit

| Updated 3 Apr 2025

The CMR unit at St George’s Hospital performs over 2000 cardiovascular scans per annum in patients with inherited and acquired cardiac disease. The cardiac MRI is a specialised MRI scan requiring specifically trained radiographers and cardiologists. Referrals are generally from cardiologists and cardiac surgeons but can also be taken from …
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