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2pm 25 April: Issues affecting all incoming and outgoing telephone calls at St George’s Hospital
We would like to inform you that there are issues currently affecting all incoming and outgoing telephone calls at St George’s Hospital. The St George鈥檚 switchboard may not be able to answer your call. If you have a direct number for the service or department you require, please use this …
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25 Apr 2023
鈥淭his kit could save your life鈥� St George鈥檚 joins forces with ITV this Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
Over one million people across the UK tuned in to ITV鈥檚 Lorraine and saw a live broadcast from St George鈥檚 bowel screening team highlighting the importance of screening as part of ITV鈥檚 No Butts campaign this Bowel Cancer Awareness Month this morning (Monday 24 April).
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24 Apr 2023
鈥淚 will always be grateful鈥� – meet the runners taking on the London Marathon to raise funds for our hospitals
The London Marathon 2022 raised more than 拢58m for charity, and for the 2023 London Marathon, St George鈥檚, Epsom and St Helier are set to have a slice of the pie thanks to runners like Ricky, Joanna and Claire who are running and raising funds for the hospital group this …
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21 Apr 2023
Getting to know the signs and symptoms this Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
鈥淏owel Cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and the second biggest cause of cancer deaths so it鈥檚 so important, now more than ever, that we continue to encourage eligible patients to take part in their Bowel Cancer Screening Tests.鈥� That鈥檚 the message from Lisa-Lyna Ofosu-Asare, Health …
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17 Apr 2023
Hundreds of appointment no-shows at St George鈥檚, Epsom and St Helier hospitals prompt renewed pleas for patients to attend unless contacted
1,200 people didn鈥檛 attend their hospital appointments during the last junior doctors strikes 鈥� and as a fresh round of industrial action gets under way, those who haven鈥檛 been contacted about their planned procedures or consultations being rescheduled are urged to come forward for care. This week, hundreds of junior …
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12 Apr 2023
Strikes and bank holiday double-whammy will have 鈥榟uge impact鈥� on hospitals
Hospitals are preparing for a very challenging week ahead, with hundreds of junior doctors set to go on strike for the second time in a month. A double-whammy of industrial action and the Easter bank holiday weekend is expected to ramp up pressures at St George鈥檚, Epsom and St Helier …
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6 Apr 2023
Teenager who suffered cardiac arrest reunited with heroes who saved his life
A teenage boy who suffered a cardiac arrest outside Twickenham Stadium has been reunited with the London Ambulance crew and medics at St George鈥檚 Hospital who saved his life. A team of ambulance crews, doctors and security staff at the stadium worked together in a race against time to rescue …
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6 Apr 2023
ACCESS all areas for London鈥檚 critically unwell patients
A pioneering specialist ambulance service for transporting critically-ill patients between hospitals starts tomorrow in London (1 April 2023). The Adult Critical Care Emergency Support Service (ACCESS), a partnership of Barts Health NHS Trust, St George鈥檚 University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and the London Ambulance …
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31 Mar 2023
Temporary changes to homebirth and birth centre services at St George鈥檚 Hospital
As of 23 March, we have taken the decision to temporarily close our birth centre. We continue to temporarily divert care from our birth centre to our main delivery suite. We are still providing midwifery led care, and can adapt the environment on the delivery suite to meet your needs, …
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30 Mar 2023
First Touch peer support group wins local community award
Congratulations go our to St George’s in house neonatal charity, First touch NNU, for winning a community award at the BATCA (Balham and Tooting Community Association, for their peer supporter scheme for mums and dads on our neonatal ward. The aim of the BATCA Community Awards is to recognise the …
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22 Mar 2023
Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care visit St George鈥檚
St George鈥檚聽hosted a visit聽from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steven Barclay on Thursday 16 March.
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19 Mar 2023
Celebrating Mother’s Day across our hospitals
To mark Mother鈥檚 Day, we spoke to some of the amazing mums and daughters who work for us here at St George鈥檚, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group鈥�
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17 Mar 2023
Emergency departments face their busiest Monday of the year on first day of junior doctors strikes
Emergency departments at St George鈥檚, Epsom and St Helier鈥檚 hospitals were hit by their busiest Monday this year 鈥� with more than 1,000 people coming through their doors over the course of the day. This high demand 鈥� the equivalent of roughly one person every 90 seconds 鈥� came during …
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14 Mar 2023
St George鈥檚, Epsom and St Helier hospitals issue advice to the public ahead of junior doctor strikes
Use our services wisely but continue to come forward in an emergency and attend appointments unless you hear otherwise 鈥� that鈥檚 the message from St George鈥檚, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals and Health Group ahead of the junior doctor strikes next week. Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and …
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11 Mar 2023
St George鈥檚 Green Plan Workshop
This week we ran a workshop to refresh St George’s Green Plan and bring sustainability back into our teams and key stakeholders top priorities. The healthcare we provide in the future depends on the action we take on climate change today. 鈥淚t will be grimly ironic if the NHS creates …
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10 Mar 2023