News and events

The summer has finally arrived, and although many people will be enjoying the warm weather and bright sunshine, such high temperatures can pose serious health risks.

A complete top-to-toe refurbishment worth £630,000 has begun in the dedicated cardiology and respiratory ward (C6) at St Helier.

Epsom and St Helier hospitals have won a national award for their Patient First programme – an initiative that helps to ensure each and every patient is at the absolute centre of how the hospitals work.

A delivery of seven new pain relief pumps worth £12,600 is helping patients who have undergone major surgery at Epsom Hospital to manage their pain after an operation.

When Frederique Rattue was pregnant with her fourth child, she was told that for health reasons, she would need a caesarean section – dashing her hopes of having her baby at home.

An issues paper published today on behalf of NHS services in south west London, sets the challenges faced by the local health service, some of the emerging ideas to tackle them and some questions for local people to respond to.

Epsom and St Helier hospitals have extended their commitment to recruiting the very best person for the job and developing new talent, taking on 12 members of staff as part of a national apprenticeship scheme.

A surgeon working at Epsom and St Helier hospitals has just returned from a successful trip to Malawi, having spent three weeks in the under-resourced country teaching over 150 medical practitioners how to perform life-saving surgery.