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Filtered by published date: May 2017
Supporting patients to read
Friday 19 May 2017
Can you imagine being unable to read a confidential letter, the results of your hospital test or a newspaper article without assistance? Now, thanks to new screen readers in the Knowledge and Information Centre at St Thomas', our patients can read important documents without relying on the support of others.
Trust creates the "next generation" of Florence Nightingales
Monday 15 May 2017
Guy's and St Thomas' has launched a new nursing and midwifery strategy, and a new professional award in recognition of its outstanding nurses and midwives.
Maternity services sign up to Caring For You charter
Friday 12 May 2017
Guy's and St Thomas' has become the latest trust with maternity services in London to sign up to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Caring For You charter.
Three teams win medical awards
Thursday 11 May 2017
Three pioneering projects were winners at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Awards on Thursday 4 May.
Daredevils to abseil off the roof of St Thomas' Hospital
Thursday 11 May 2017
More than 200 brave supporters and staff with a head for heights will abseil 160 feet down the side of St Thomas' Hospital on Friday.
New Low Vision Clinic brings treatment closer to home
Thursday 11 May 2017
An 84 year-old Brixton woman with severe sight loss is getting treatment and advice closer to where she lives, thanks to the opening of Guy's and St T
Staff bravery and compassion recognised with CARE Awards
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Three teams and five individuals from Guy's and St Thomas' received CARE Awards for providing exceptional care to patients. The latest CARE Awards wer
Guy's Cancer at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, opens to patients
Tuesday 9 May 2017
Guy's and St Thomas' new cancer centre – Guy's Cancer at Queen Mary's Hospital (QMH), Sidcup – opened its doors to patients for the first time today (Monday 8 May).
Secrets of historic Nelson and Pitt effigies to be revealed using state-of-the-art technology
Thursday 4 May 2017
The wax-work heads of naval hero Horatio Nelson and Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder, which are over two hundred years old, have been scanned using the world's most advanced radiology technology in a new collaboration between Westminster Abbey, Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College London.