We’ve implanted our first ‘brain pacemaker’ which aims to reduce seizures for people with drug resistant focal epilepsy (where seizures start in one specific area of the brain).
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We’re welcoming 70 doctors starting Foundation Year 1 (FY1) and 63 beginning Foundation Year 2 (FY2) as part of their foundation training, which make up the first stages of a doctor’s career after medical school.
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We’ve broken our own record for the number of gallbladder, hernia and colorectal operations completed in a day. On Saturday 1 August, 20 patients who had experienced waits of up to 40 weeks were treated at our Elective Surgical Hub at King George Hospital. Our previous record was 19.
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As recruitment for our groundbreaking ‘Forest-1’ brain study nears completion, current participants have come together at an engagement event to share their experiences of being part of this innovative research.
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One of our ITU nurses has been called an “earth angel” by the family of a patient who was rushed to intensive care the day after a surgical procedure
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A bubble gun might not be a vital part of every doctor’s kit, but for Caroline Ponmani, children’s emergency medicine consultant at our Trust since 2014, it can be just the thing to turn things around with an indignant toddler.
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