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Rise in winter viruses ramp up pressures in emergency departments
News & events | 7 Dec 2023
Winter illnesses like flu and norovirus are on the rise across Surrey and South West London – and hospitals are facing extreme pressures as a result. Every winter is challenging for St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group – and for the wider NHS – but …
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Prestigious award win scooped by clinicians and patient team
News & events | 6 Dec 2023
A medical team at St George’s Hospital and a profoundly deaf teen are the first ever winners of an award in memory of a campaigning mum.
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Opt-out HIV testing in emergency departments helps patients get quicker diagnosis
News & events | 1 Dec 2023
Tens of thousands of patients going to St George’s, Epsom and St Helier’s emergency departments (EDs) have been tested for HIV in the past year, thanks to a pioneering scheme that helps people with the virus start treatment more quickly. All three hospitals offer the opt-out testing – and carried …
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Local politicians hear why Kids Deserve St George’s – please complete the consultation now!
News & events | 28 Nov 2023 | Tags: #kidsdeservestgeorges nhs consultation children's cancer services
Local councillors representing people across South West London and Surrey recently got the chance to visit St George’s and hear more about our children’s cancer services. NHS England are running a consultation on the future location of children’s cancer services across south London and much of south east England. Our …
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Joint public statement regarding Professor Marjan Jahangiri, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
News & events | 27 Nov 2023
In May 2022, Professor Jahangiri issued proceedings in the Employment Tribunal against St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) and Dr Richard Jennings (Group Chief Medical Officer) for alleged whistleblowing detriments in respect of certain matters arising out of the Independent Mortality Review of Cardiac Surgery at the …
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Nurse whose daughter had leukaemia joins fight to keep children’s cancer services at St George’s
News & events | 15 Nov 2023
A children’s nurse who has cared for hundreds of kids during her decades-long career saw her worst fears realised when her own teenage daughter was diagnosed with cancer. Megan Whooley was just 16 when she was told she had leukaemia, and was transferred to the very ward at St George’s …
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Daniel, 10, marks the end of his leukaemia treatment at hospital families are ‘so glad to have’
News & events | 10 Nov 2023
The family of a 10-year-old boy who has just finished cancer treatment has praised the “outstanding knowledge, care, and expertise” of the teams who looked after him in hospital. Daniel Jones marked the end of more than three and a half years living with leukaemia by ringing St George’s end-of-treatment …
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St George’s sweeps up at London Garden Society hospital awards
News & events | 25 Oct 2023
St George’s Hospital has taken home a trophy for the Walk on the Wild Side Courtyard Garden, and gold and silver awards at the 2023 London Garden Society hospital awards. The London Garden Society awards hospital category has three sections: large gardens, small garden and window box or container display. …
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Robert Morgan awarded interventional radiologist Gold Medal
News & events | 20 Oct 2023
Congratulations to St George’s Professor Robert Morgan who has been awarded the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe’s gold medal, which is given to one person a year who has made outstanding contributions to the practice and science of interventional radiology on an international scale. Dr Richard Jennings, Group …
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Stand in our Council of Governors elections – Nominations now open!
News & events | 18 Oct 2023
At St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, our governors play a key role in representing the views of our patients, public and staff members. They make sure our services meet the needs of our patients and members of public. If you have an interest in our Trust and in …
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