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Filtered by published date: October 2013

Team from Evelina London saves lives in Sri Lanka
Thursday 31 October 2013
A team from Evelina London Children's Hospital has just returned from Sri Lanka where they carried out operations on 20 children with complex heart conditions.

UK's first hair loss clinic for children
Thursday 31 October 2013
St John's Institute of Dermatology and Evelina London Children's Hospital have launched the UK's first dedicated NHS hair loss clinic for children.

Model of planned Mary Seacole statue unveiled
Wednesday 30 October 2013
A quarter scale model of the planned statue in memory of pioneering nurse Mary Seacole was unveiled yesterday (Tuesday 29 October) at St Thomas' Hospital. It will be the first statue to honour a named black woman in the UK.

Triple awards success for education and training teams
Friday 25 October 2013
Guy's and St Thomas' has been awarded for providing the best education in healthcare, being at the forefront of change, and encouraging diversity in t

Children with autism have poorer sleep quality
Friday 25 October 2013
Sleep specialists have shown that children with autistic spectrum disorders have poorer sleep quality than their peers – sleep duration was shorter an

13-year-old wins golf tournament 12 weeks after heart surgery
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Evelina London patient, James Cooper has made a speedy recovery from open heart surgery.

Network for young people with diabetes is highly commended
Friday 18 October 2013
A South London network to support young people with diabetes has been highly commended by the Quality in Care (QiC) Programmes.

Hannah sails to success
Thursday 17 October 2013
Determined community speech and language therapist Hannah Coles takes on the Atlantic Ocean in the first leg of a round-the-world boat race.

Rapid blood test to detect sepsis could save thousands of lives
Thursday 17 October 2013
Researchers have identified a biomarker for sepsis in the blood, and shown it could be used to diagnose the condition within two hours. This could save thousands of lives.

Run for Guy's and St Thomas' in the London Marathon 2014
Wednesday 16 October 2013
If you are lucky enough to have been allocated a place in the ballot for the 2014 Virgin London Marathon and would like to run for Guy's and St Thomas', please contact the fundraising team.