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Hospitals powering London's cabs with used cooking oil
Monday 21 July 2014
Guy's and St Thomas' is helping to power the capital's black cabs with used cooking oil from its kitchens.
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Summer camp encourages disabled kids to get active
Thursday 17 July 2014
Children with cerebral palsy and Down's syndrome will be able to go-kart, cycle and sail their way through the school holidays thanks to Guy's and St Thomas' physiotherapists.
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New garden at Guy's is a green oasis
Thursday 17 July 2014
Patients, visitors and staff can now enjoy the delights of a brand new public garden on the Guy's Hospital site.
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Award for safer kids' pain relief
Wednesday 16 July 2014
The pharmacy team at Evelina London Children's Hospital has won a national award for developing a safer way to give children pain relief.
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"Heavy" blankets do not help children with autism to sleep
Wednesday 16 July 2014
Sleep experts have found that expensive weighted blankets that supposedly help children with autism to sleep better make no difference.
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Top women named as health inspirations
Thursday 10 July 2014
Three pioneering staff at Guy's and St Thomas' have been named as inspirational women by Health Service Journal magazine.
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Boris backs campaign to reduce waits for life-saving transplants
Wednesday 9 July 2014
The Mayor of London is backing a campaign encouraging people from all ethnic backgrounds to sign up to the organ donor register – as new figures reveal black and Asian patients wait up to 12 months longer on average for a kidney transplant.
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Mary Seacole statue site dedicated
Wednesday 9 July 2014
Casualty actress Suzanne Packer has unveiled a plaque to mark the spot at St Thomas' Hospital where a statue in memory of pioneering black nurse Mary
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International award for excellence in robotic surgery
Friday 4 July 2014
Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College London have been named by the Vattikuti Foundation as the UK's first Robotic Surgery Institute.
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Mission to make London the world's first dementia-friendly city
Wednesday 2 July 2014
More than 40 MPs and decisions makers today joined Guy's and St Thomas' Chief Nurse Eileen Sills, also Clinical Director for the London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network, and Dr Mark Kinirons, elderly care consultant and lead for dementia and delirium, to be trained as 'Dementia Friends'.