Change to parking charges for patients and visitors at St George’s Hospital (Tooting site)

Change to parking charges for patients and visitors at St George’s Hospital (Tooting site)

News & events | 12 Mar 2025

For the first time in nearly a decade, St George’s Hospital is updating car parking charges for patients and visitors. The increase of £1.20 per hour is being introduced to align with parking rates across Wandsworth and deter non-hospital visitors from using the car park. This is in line with …
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Zombie knives handed in after St George’s Hospital installs amnesty bin in UK first

Zombie knives handed in after St George’s Hospital installs amnesty bin in UK first

News & events | 12 Mar 2025

A patient has described the terrifying moment he was stabbed with a 15-inch blade while onlookers filmed on their phones – as the hospital where he was treated reveals almost 100 dangerous weapons have been surrendered on site. The male from South London, who did not wish to be named, …
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Leaders from our hospitals Group share their messages for International Women’s Day 2025

Leaders from our hospitals Group share their messages for International Women’s Day 2025

News & events | 7 Mar 2025

Female NHS leaders at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group (gesh) have shared their personal experiences and reflections to mark International Women’s Day. Group CEO Jacqueline Totterdell, Group Chairman Gillian Norton, and Group Chief Nurse Professor Arlene Wellman MBE share a passion for highlighting the …
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Rapper Dave helps elderly patients discharged from St George’s Hospital

Rapper Dave helps elderly patients discharged from St George’s Hospital

News & events | 12 Feb 2025

Rapper Dave aka Santan Dave has helped fund a new scheme that helps elderly patients discharged from St George’s Hospital. Free packs filled with essential items such as toiletries, tea, coffee and comforting items such as non-slip socks will be given to the patients to help them settle back into …
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Norovirus advice as diarrhoea and vomiting bug shuts three hospital wards

Norovirus advice as diarrhoea and vomiting bug shuts three hospital wards

News & events | 7 Feb 2025

Three wards at St George’s Hospital in Tooting have been closed due to an outbreak of the vomiting bug norovirus. To help reduce the risk of the infection spreading, some bays or wards will be closed to admissions and transfers – to protect new patients from being exposed to the …
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Boy, 7, thrives at school after spending almost half his life having cancer treatment

Boy, 7, thrives at school after spending almost half his life having cancer treatment

News & events | 4 Feb 2025

Five years ago this month, Jackson Hall was diagnosed with leukaemia. He was two years old in February 2020, when his parents Sam and Shaun Hall noticed a rash that wouldn’t go away. Concerned, they took him to St Helier Hospital where blood tests were taken – further testing revealed …
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Sir Mark Lowcock KCB appointed as Chair of St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group

Sir Mark Lowcock KCB appointed as Chair of St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group

News & events | 29 Jan 2025

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group (gesh) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Mark Lowcock KCB as Chair from 1 April 2025. Sir Mark is a committed public servant and joins gesh after a distinguished career in the UK Civil Service, where he …
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Wandsworth Council gives green light on plans to build one of the UK’s largest kidney units

Wandsworth Council gives green light on plans to build one of the UK’s largest kidney units

News & events | 15 Jan 2025 | Tags: kidney care in SW London renal development programme

Plans to transform renal care in south west London and Surrey are one step closer to becoming reality as Wandsworth Council has now approved plans to build a new kidney facility at St George’s Hospital. The plans will bring together specialist inpatient kidney care from across St Helier Hospital in …
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Latest statement on winter pressures as NHS sees busiest year ever for emergency services

Latest statement on winter pressures as NHS sees busiest year ever for emergency services

News & events | 9 Jan 2025

Nicola Shopland, Site Chief Nurse at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Help us wage war on winter — our hospitals are facing a barrage of winter viruses including flu, and our emergency departments are feeling the strain. “We need your help — get your flu vaccine, stay at …
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Health chief warns of common mistake people make as hospitals brace for cold weather spike

Health chief warns of common mistake people make as hospitals brace for cold weather spike

News & events | 2 Jan 2025

Hospitals across London and Surrey are bracing for the impact of this weekend’s cold snap on emergency services. With the Met Office predicting sub-zero temperatures and snow, St George’s, Epsom and St Helier’s emergency departments (EDs) are expecting demand to soar as the temperature drops. While icy conditions can cause …
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