Stephen Jones appointed new Director of Corporate Affairs at St George’s

News & events | 27 Nov 2017 | Tags: board Director of Corporate Affairs executive director governance new appointment

Stephen Jones has been appointed as the new Director of Corporate Affairs at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Stephen is currently Chief of Staff and executive lead for corporate governance at the General Medical Council. Prior to this, Stephen worked as Stakeholder Engagement Director on Co-operation and Competition …
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St George’s Hospital first in UK to install latest Swiss birthing pools

News & events | 24 Nov 2017

Our midwife-led Carmen Suite has had two state-of-the-art birthing pools installed into its newly refurbished rooms – providing a tranquil environment for mothers and babies. We spoke to Emma Spillane, Head Midwife on Carmen Suite, about the benefits these new pools offer to the hundreds of women who give birth …
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HSJ Award win for our BP Home Monitoring Team

News & events | 23 Nov 2017 | Tags: blood pressure Dr Asma Khalil HaMpton home monitoring HSJ Award Maternity win

Congratulations to St George’s Pregnancy BP Home Monitoring Team who won a Health Service Journal (HSJ) Award on Wednesday (22 November).
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Twiddle muffs, made in Spain, and sent with love to St George’s!

News & events | 22 Nov 2017 | Tags: alzheimer's dementia Spain twiddle muffs

Agueda Gota, Older Person’s Assessment and Liaison Nurse at St George’s, mentioned to her mum that our dementia patients were in need of new twiddle muffs, which are specially made hand-warmers that keep them from picking at IV lines and clothing. Agueda’s mum Nati, 75, decided to help out and …
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St George’s neo-natal unit rated ‘best place ever’ to train

News & events | 17 Nov 2017

Our Neo-natal unit at St George’s has been rated as the best place for junior doctors to train and learn new skills.

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Our Maternity Unit outperforms national average

News & events | 16 Nov 2017

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published a report on NHS maternity services across the country, and our Maternity Unit was shown to be outperforming the national average in a number of key areas.

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Cancer patients benefit from role of support workers at St George’s Hospital

News & events | 6 Nov 2017

It’s the two year anniversary of a cancer care partnership between St George’s and Macmillan Cancer Support, and patients at the hospital are continuing to benefit. One of the ways the partnership is improving care for patients, is by increasing the time they are able to spend with a Clinical …
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St George’s staff recognised as academic promotions announced

News & events | 1 Nov 2017

Seven members of St George’s staff, and 22 people in total including St George’s, University of London staff, have been recognised in the annual academic promotions.
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Vietnam mission ‘resounding success’ for St George’s Consultants

News & events | 1 Nov 2017 | Tags: anaesthetics Charity consultants maxillofacial surgery mission orthognathic orthondontics vietnam

A team of four consultants from St George’s spent one week in Vietnam last month to lead the first targeted mission to treat children and young adults with a range of orthognathic conditions. The mission was carried out with the charity Facing the World which helps to treat children in …
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Payment for copies of baby scans at St George’s – media coverage today (28 October, 2017)

News & events | 28 Oct 2017

There are reports in the media today about the alleged misuse of monies collected from pregnant women and/or their partners paying for printed copies of baby scans at St George’s Hospital (Tooting). In light of these reports, we would like to make the following points clear: All baby scans for …
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