International Nurses Day winners announced

News & events | 19 May 2017

It was a day of celebration on Friday 12 May as nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants gathered at St George’s Hospital for our annual International Nurses Day Awards ceremony. There were presentations, dance breaks, sing-a-longs, and the all-important awards – presented by Avey Bhatia, our Chief Nurse and Director of …
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St George’s receives epilepsy research grant

News & events | 19 May 2017 | Tags: award consultant neurologist epilepsy grant national epilepsy week Research

St George’s has been awarded one of seven new research grants to advance our understanding of epilepsy.

Epilepsy Research UK has funded the 12-month pilot scheme – ‘recording brain activity using electrodes placed in the nose’ – at St George’s to assess a new minimally invasive method to monitor brain activity.
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St George’s welcomes President of the Scoliosis Research Society

News & events | 19 May 2017 | Tags: Professor Kenneth Cheung scoliosis Scoliosis Research Society St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Kenneth Cheung, the President of the Scoliosis Research Society, today (Friday 19 May) paid a visit to St George’s to speak at a special symposium on the treatment of paediatric scoliosis deformity. Professor Cheung, who became the first non-American President of the Scoliosis Research Society last October, currently heads …
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Important information regarding NHS cyber-attack: St George’s not affected

News & events | 14 May 2017

Trust emails were suspended temporarily as a precaution, however we can confirm they are now restored to normal.
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Public events about death, dying and bereavement: 8-10 May

News & events | 2 May 2017 | Tags: Dying Matters Awareness Week end of life care

St George’s is proud to be involved with Dying Matters Awareness Week and there are four events that patients and the public can attend. The aim of the week is to help people talk more openly about death, dying and bereavement, and the theme this year is What Can You …
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Team of 22 save woman and her unborn baby at St George’s

News & events | 2 May 2017 | Tags: caesarean cardiac emergency Intensive care neonatal unit surgery

A 22 strong team has saved the life of a mother and her unborn baby after a major heart and aortic defect was detected during screening.
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Dr Mark Hamilton awarded a GenerationQ fellowship

News & events | 28 Apr 2017 | Tags: Associate Medical Director Dr Mark Hamilton GenerationQ leadership Medical Director senior health care

Associate Medical Director for Quality Improvement and Clinical Transformation at St George’s, Dr Mark Hamilton, has been selected for the Health Foundation’s GenerationQ leadership programme. He is one of 18 senior health care professionals in the UK to join the prestigious fellowship, designed to develop a new generation of skilled and …
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Fendi Fashion House donates artwork to St George’s

News & events | 28 Apr 2017 | Tags: Art artwork Fendi Spiritual Care Centre St George's Hospital Charity

Earlier this month, the Spiritual Care Centre at St George’s unveiled a stunning new piece of art, donated by artist Chris Wood and the Fendi Fashion House. The Italian luxury designer brand commissioned Chris to create a series of artworks to be displayed in their shop windows around the world. …
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Harbhajan Singh Brar appointed as Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development at St George’s

News & events | 27 Apr 2017

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Harbhajan Singh Brar as its new Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development. Harbhajan will join St George’s next week on Tuesday, 2 May. He joins St George’s from Sodexo UK, where he has been Director of Human Resources since 2011. Harbhajan has …
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St George’s cardiac team gets Royal seal of approval at London marathon

News & events | 26 Apr 2017

Experts from St George’s Hospital were on hand at the London Marathon last weekend to deal with any medical emergencies as over 40,000 runners took part in Britain’s largest sporting event.
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