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Flower power: Iconic garden moves to home of Florence Nightingale
Thursday 12 May 2022
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s award-winning Florence Nightingale Garden has been rebuilt at St Thomas’ Hospital to celebrate International Nurses’ Day
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NHS staff find innovative way to tackle surgery waiting lists
Tuesday 3 May 2022
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is using high intensity theatre lists – known as HIT lists – to help reduce the backlog for non-emergency surgery.
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Exciting plans for new children's hospital building unveiled
Wednesday 19 May 2021
Evelina London Children's Hospital has unveiled exciting plans to care for more children and young people by building a new children's hospital building.
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Nightingale nurses and midwives honoured with professional award
Thursday 13 May 2021
Nurses and midwives from Guy's and St Thomas' have been recognised for their outstanding practice with a unique professional award.
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UK first one-stop-shop for young people with male genetic disease
Thursday 6 May 2021
Guy's and St Thomas' has launched the UK's first multidisciplinary clinic to treat young people with a male genetic disease.
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Breast cancer patients spared permanent reminder
Thursday 6 May 2021
Guy's and St Thomas' has become the first NHS Trust in London to offer a revolutionary new tattoo-free radiation treatment for breast cancer.
Gang of Four to release record in aid of Guy's and St Thomas' in celebration of the life of guitarist Andy Gill
Friday 29 May 2020
The surviving members of influential British band Gang of Four, have joined with Andy Gill's widow Catherine Mayer to celebrate Andy through music - while raising funds for Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, who cared for him during the last years of his life.
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New trial tests cancer drug to treat COVID-19
Friday 29 May 2020
A new trial repurposing a blood cancer drug for patients with COVID-19 is being launched at Guy's and St Thomas'.
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A pawfect duo: grandmother and therapy dog raise hundreds for hospital
Wednesday 27 May 2020
A great-grandmother has been using her daily dog walk to clean up her local area while raising money for Guy's and St Thomas'.
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Doctor and nurse tie the knot in hospital
Tuesday 26 May 2020
A nurse and doctor who had to cancel their wedding due to the coronavirus outbreak have got married at the same hospital where they both work.