From Monday 21 September, the cost to park at King George and Queen’s hospitals will be increasing. We’re also introducing a new 30-minute period of free parking to help those making short visits to our hospitals, including to pick up prescriptions or drop off items for patients.
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We’ve held our first robotic surgery ‘super week’ for joint replacements, completing 17 operations, a mix of hip and knee replacements, across five days.
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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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