Our Chairman Gillian Norton is now opening our 2019 Annual Members’ Meeting #GeorgesAMM
Richard Mycroft, our Lead Governor, is now speaking about the important role our Council of Governors play at the Trust
Philip Sherriff and Dr Donovan Duffy are here to tell the story of Philip’s daughter Lacey - whose life was saved by our teams at St George’s. #GeorgesAMM
You can read the incredible story of baby Lacey here 👇
Philip now talking about the lengths he went to drum up votes for the Lifesaver of the Year award - plenty of votes from friends and family helped them to win!
Dr Donovan Duffy, Consultant Neonatologist, was part of the team that helped Lacey pull through. He’s now joining Phil to talk about Lacey’s operation and the condition NEC
Thanks so much to Philip and Dr Duffy! Gillian has just presented Phillip with a small gift and a 2nd birthday present for Lacey 🎁
Our Chief Executive @TotterdellJac is now giving an overview of the work of the Trust over the last 12 months
After an update on the Trust’s Finances, we’re now into the Q&A section of the evening
That is it for the evening - thanks to all our members and staff for attending the #GeorgesAMM this year!
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Everyone's treatment journey is different and individual to them - hear from some of our patients about their experiences. #SickleCellAwareness#WorldSickleCellDay
"Having a good support system really does help me feel less alone"
In addition to treatment, some of our patients say talking and sharing their experiences with others helps them to cope with their condition. #SickleCellAwareness#WorldSickleCellDay
We want patients & visitors to stay safe when using our services. This includes observing social distancing; washing hands regularly; and from 15 Jun wearing a face covering when visiting our hospitals or community services. Our Chief Nursing Officer @BleasdaleRob explains why 👇
More guidance about wearing a face covering, and who is exempt, can be found on our website 👇
Today, NHS Improvement has published an independent mortality review of our heart surgery service at St George’s Hospital: stgeorges.nhs.uk/newsitem/heart…
The review found failings in the care we gave many heart surgery patients between 2013-2018, and we are deeply sorry for this. [1/4]
We would like to say sorry to the relatives of those patients who were let down by us – the care they received fell far short of the high standards they deserved.
We are in direct contact with relatives, and continuing to offer them all the support we can. [2/4]
Our heart surgery service is now safe, and the current service is very different to the one we took urgent steps to improve. This was confirmed by the @CareQualityComm in their latest report: cqc.org.uk/location/RJ701 [3/4]
We are asking friends & relatives to only visit patients if absolutely essential. They should also not visit our hospitals if they have flu-like symptoms, cough, fever or a cold.
If you really do need to visit, please only do so between 5-7pm (weekdays and weekends), with an absolute maximum of two visitors per patient.