General Intensive Care

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 27 Feb 2025

The General Intensive Care Unit (ICU) cares for the most critically ill patients. We diagnose and treat nearly any acute illness using advanced monitoring, organ support therapies, and complex treatments.
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Aspiration cytology

Aspiration cytology

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 29 Nov 2013

Aspiration biopsy diagnosis by palpation and in conjunction with image guidance of peripheral lumps/swellings including thyroid, lymph nodes, salivary glands, soft tissue (indeterminate), skin and deep organ sites such as lung, liver, pancreas. The department’s specialist consultant staff members have between them over 60 years of hands on clinical aspiration …
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Paediatric Urology

Paediatric Urology

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 9 Sep 2020

St George’s has one of the busiest paediatric urology services in the United Kingdom and London. As well as the regional centre for paediatric urology in south west London we attract complex urology patients from throughout the country and abroad. The team consists of three surgeons and three clinical nurse …
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Paediatric dentistry

Paediatric dentistry

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 5 Aug 2015

The paediatric dentistry team at St Georges provides a comprehensive service to improve the oral health care of infants, children and adolescents through appropriate preventive, educational and treatment services. A large number of children are treated who have facial and dental anomalies, have been involved in dento alveolar trauma, have …
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Children’s Surgery

Children’s Surgery

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 9 Sep 2020

The St George’s department of paediatric surgery and urology is renowned for its expertise in minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery in neonates and young children. We are also one of the sixteen paediatric major trauma centres (MTCs) in the UK and have the benefit of being co-located with adult services. The …
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Paediatric respiratory and asthma

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 8 Aug 2022

St Georges has a developing respiratory and asthma service providing support for children from Wandsworth, Merton and south west Thames. What we offer Multidisciplinary assessment, investigation and treatment of children aged 0-16 with acute and long-term respiratory disorders Weekly general respiratory clinics (Friday morning) Weekly asthma clinics and a weekly …
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Paediatric rapid referral service

Paediatric rapid referral service

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 21 Dec 2022

The rapid referral clinic is a rapid access general paediatric outpatient clinic for children aged 0-16 years who require an urgent paediatric specialist opinion within two weeks. What we offer Up to 15 new patient slots in clinics on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. Referrals are triaged every week day …
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Paediatric neurology

Paediatric neurology

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 7 Nov 2024

We provide a comprehensive tertiary neurology service for patients from the newborn period up until 16 years (for new referrals), both locally, within  SW London, Surrey and West Sussex (4 million population base/ 11 DGHs plus Royal Marsden in Sutton). This includes diagnosis, assessment and initial management of a variety …
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Paediatric neurodevelopment, neurodisability and epilepsy

Paediatric neurodevelopment, neurodisability and epilepsy

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 8 Feb 2024

Within the services there are currently 7 consultants, 1 associate specialist and 2 specialty doctors. What we offer: Complex neurodisability clinics based at the Child Development Centre including joint neurodisability /respiratory clinics, joint neurology clinics, joint orthopaedic clinics and neurodisability transition clinics. The secondary (district) paediatric Epilepsy clinic, including transition …
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Paediatric infectious diseases

Paediatric infectious diseases

Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 27 Aug 2024

The paediatric infectious diseases unit (PIDU) at St George’s Hospital provides a regional service for the care of children with complex infectious diseases, including HIV, tuberculosis and immunodeficiency. The PIDU at St George’s is: A National training centre for paediatric infectious diseases, formally recognised by the Royal College of Paediatrics …
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