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Endoscopy
Services at St George's Hospital | Updated 14 Oct 2026 | Tags: endoscopy
Endoscopy is a procedure that allows healthcare professionals to look inside parts of your body using a thin, flexible tube with a small camera. Depending on the procedure, the endoscope may be passed through your mouth, nose or bottom. The camera sends images to a screen, allowing the clinical team …
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Hospital endoscopy unit ‘excels’, say Government and Royal College inspectors
News & events | 16 Mar 2006 | Tags: endoscopy
THE ENDOSCOPY unit at St George’s Hospital is set to become a screening centre for bowel cancer after reviews by the Government and a group representing four Royal Colleges described it as an “outstanding” centre for patient care and medical training. The reviews, which were held in November 2005 by …
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St George’s opens £4.6m Endoscopy Unit
News & events | 11 Nov 2004 | Tags: bowel cancer endoscopy lung
A £4.6M state-of-the-art centre for treating bowel and lung cancer has opened at St George’s Hospital, London, it was announced today. The new unit, which was built with funding from Wandsworth PCT, the Department of Health and the health charity Beating Bowel Cancer, will carry out more than 6,000 endoscopies …
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