Assisted Birth

| Updated 3 Aug 2024

Sometimes your baby may need to be assisted to be born  with the help of a doctor. This can be because there are signs that you are getting tired or the baby is getting tired and speeding up the birth is advised.
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Caesarean Birth

| Updated 22 Nov 2023

What is a Caesarean birth? A Caesarean is an operation where your baby is born through a cut along the “bikini line” on your tummy. The decision to have a Caesarean must be made carefully as it involves major surgery with some risks associated. Video content about Caesarean births The …
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Maternity Theatres

| Updated 27 Sep 2023

Welcome to the Maternity Operating Theatres. For many of you this will be the first time you have been into an operating theatre so we hope that this guide will help you to feel more relaxed should you have your baby there. We welcome many families to our theatres every …
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Occupational Therapy (Children’s) Community Services

Services at Queen Mary's Hospital | Updated 19 Nov 2025

Find out more about the Children’s Occupational Therapy Service here.  

Physiotherapy for people with bleeding disorders

| Updated 27 Nov 2019

Physiotherapists are specially trained to treat and educate patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Each patient seen by the Physiotherapist will have different needs and will be assessed and given a tailored treatment program. When will I be seen? You will be seen alongside your consultant and specialist nurse as required depending …
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Clinical Perfusion Service

| Updated 3 Aug 2024 | Tags: cardio

Clinical Perfusion Scientists are responsible for setting up and running heart-lung machines, which are used to support patients during open heart surgery The Clinical Perfusion department provides Clinical Perfusion services to the Adult Cardiothoracic Unit at St George’s.

This speciality is only associated with hospitals performing open heart surgery and is conducted by highly specialised individuals – Clinical Perfusion Scientists.

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Hepatitis C treatment

| Updated 25 Jun 2021

The Viral Hepatitis team at St George’s, led by Dr Daniel Forton, is working towards eliminating hepatitis C by 2025. Since the elimination campaign started in 2016, the team has treated and cured more than 1,000 people. Hepatitis C is a blood borne virus; Public Health England estimate that 6,450 …
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DEXA Unit

| Updated 7 Nov 2023

There are two Hologic DXA scanners situated within the Rheumatology department, Clinic C (Lanesborough Wing) and in the Sir Joseph Hotung Centre, with three full time DXA Technicians performing the scans. Patients are advised to limit the amount of metal on their clothing to prevent any artefacts on the imaging, …
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St George’s Breast Education Centre Faculty

| Updated 18 Sep 2024

Our Breast Education Centre offers expertise in breast diagnostics and treatment, with a multidisciplinary team supported by partnerships with Kingston University and St George’s Medical School.
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Bowel Cancer Screening

| Updated 15 Nov 2024

St George’s Hospital’s Bowel Cancer Screening Centre is responsible for delivering Bowel Cancer Screening services to the population of South West London, which includes the following boroughs; Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth. Bowel Cancer Bowel Cancer (also known as colorectal cancer) is a form of cancer that affects …
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