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Echocardiography Department
| Updated 11 Jun 2020
The Echocardiography Department at St George’s was founded in 1971 and has developed a national and international reputation. The Echocardiography Department is one of the largest in the United Kingdom and performs annually at least 20,000 transthoracic echocardiograms, 1700 stress echocardiograms and more then 600 transoesophageal studies. We aim to provide …
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New Beginnings on social media
| Updated 28 Mar 2019
You can keep up to date with the latest developments in the New Beginnings programme via our twitter feed.
Joint Staff – Womens’ Event Nov 21 2018
| Updated 3 May 2019
Staff and mothers gathered to view films of all of them describing their experiences of birth in theatre. They then worked together to discuss what resonated most for them and which areas they most felt they could put their time and effort into pursuing as improvement co-design projects. Our mothers …
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Women’s Event Oct 10 2018
| Updated 5 May 2019
Previously in the project mothers who had given birth in an operating theatre at St George’s were interviewed talking about their experiences. At this event the women got together to view short edited films covering the major themes raised during these interviews. They then discussed what they thought were the …
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Training in EBCD for New Beginnings teams Jan 23 2018
| Updated 5 May 2019
During December we made a series of observations in theatres to help guide the project. These observations have been analysed within the team and we are now ready to start interviewing staff and mothers. We also ran some training with the Point of Care Foundation on January 23rd 2018 so …
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Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 25 Mar 2026
SWL and Surrey MND Care and Research Network In September 2024, St George’s Hospital (SGH) launched its new MND Care and Research Network covering South West London (SWL) and Surrey. This is in partnership with the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) and, aims to bring professionals together across the region …
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Acute Oncology
| Updated 22 Dec 2021
This service is available to any St George’s Hospital patient who has cancer and is currently receiving chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy. For support and information visit the Acute Oncology Service
Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) Cancer Service
| Updated 10 Mar 2023
St George’s Hospital is designated for teenagers and young adults with cancer. A dedicated TYA service provides specialised, age-appropriate treatment to teenagers and young adults with cancer. The TYA service works alongside site-specific oncology and haematology teams to provide specialist, age-appropriate care, emotional, psychological, practical and social support and advice …
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Food and Fluid Terminology (IDDSI)
Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 10 Apr 2019
St George’s University Hospitals are updating the terminology used when making diet & fluid recommendations for people with dysphagia (difficulties swallowing). We will be using the IDDSI framework. See below information on IDDSI and details of food/fluid recommendations. What is the IDDSI framework? The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) have …
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Wandsworth Community Feeding Service
| Updated 30 Jul 2025
About Our Service Feeding support within Wandsworth community is separated into two distinct services. Multi-Disciplinary Feeding Team; for children with avoidant and restrictive behaviours within mealtimes. Email: mdtfeeding@stgeorges.nhs.uk Community Paediatric Dysphagia Service; for children with swallowing difficulties when eating and/or drinking. Email: communitypaediatric.dysphagiaservice@stgeorges.nhs.uk If you are concerned about your child’s …
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