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HCA wins two Top Employers in Healthcare awards
date: 06 July 2010
London’s leading hospital group is judged the UK’s leading non NHS healthcare employer
HCA International, which owns London’s six leading private hospitals, has won two national ‘Top Employers in Healthcare’ awards in the prestigious Nursing Times and Health Service Journals’ recognising the company as the nation’s best private healthcare employer.
Breast Cancer Survivors Host Fundraising Ball
date: 25 March 2010
Former breast cancer patients at London Bridge Hospital, known as the “Pink Buddies” are organising a charity ball to raise vital funds for younger women diagnosed with the disease.
Breast cancer is the number one cancer amongst young women in the UK. It will affect over 2000 women under the age of 40 each year. Such low numbers mean that the experience can be particularly isolating and distressing for these young women. They have very specific needs, such as help finding information about fertility, dealing with a young family whilst undergoing treatment and dealing with the devastating loss of femininity on such a young body.
The Lavender Trust helps young women in particular to maintain a positive body image and lifestyle, key issues for all women dealing with breast cancer. Pink Buddies counts a number of young women amongst its volunteers, and the group decided that The Lavender Trust should be a key focus for fundraising over the next three years.
HCA hospitals pioneer revolutionary real time hygiene auditing system
date: 26 February 2010
HCA’s six leading independent hospitals in central London have all been awarded the top five star status for cleanliness and safety in the first UK survey by the revolutionary electronic Quality Inspection Tool, e-QIT.
Hughes Syndrome and Preventing Miscarriages
date: 23 February 2010
Professor Hughes talks to BBC News about Hughes Syndrome and the prevention of Miscarriages.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
date: 02 November 2009
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is a new procedure that has been introduced at London Bridge Hospital which can be used as an alternative to standard surgical aortic valve replacement. The procedure is performed on the beating heart without the need for a sVERternotomy (an incision in the centre of the chest) or cardiopulmonary bypass (takes over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery)
Consultant led Allergy Clinic opens its doors
date: 22 October 2009
A new consultant led allergy clinic has opened at London Bridge Hospital. The clinic is treating patients with both environmental and food induced allergies and those for whom certain drugs become allergens.
The allergy clinic is led by one of Europe’s most distinguished consultants, Dr Pierre Dugué who trained and practised for many years in Paris and on the Cote D’Azur.
Dr Dugué is also currently a consultant with the renowned Guy’s Hospital allergy unit.
The growing demand for the treatment of allergies has long outstripped the capacity of the very few specialist allergy clinics in the UK.
HCA International win four Laing and Buisson awards
date: 06 October 2009
HCA International, which owns London's six leading private hospitals (including the London Bridge Hospital), has won four major awards at the annual Laing and Buisson Independent Healthcare Awards on Tuesday 22nd September 2009. These awards are presented for outstanding achievement in the Independent Sector provider
Innovation at London Bridge Hospital avoids blood transfusions and aids patient recovery
date: 13 October 2009
Perfusionists at London Bridge Hospital have succeeded in reducing the number of blood transfusions during operations by recovering and recycling patient’s own blood.
Chief Perfusionist Alan Rayner and his team have combined a range of specialised techniques along with the latest technology to reduce damage to blood, and more efficient ways of recycling a patient’s blood during a major operation, thereby reducing the level of blood loss during and after operations.
Expansion within Cardiology and The Cardiopulmonary Centre
date: 30 September 2009
The Cardiology Department and Cardiopulmonary Centre at the London Bridge Hospital have recently completed a major expansion and renovation project. The ‘Pacemaker/ICD and Resynchronisation Room’ has been refurbished to provide clear workspaces for our new computerised patient records system and home monitoring remote patient data access system. This room is also available to device-implanting Consultant Cardiologists for patient consultations.
The First Fully Integrated Pelvic Floor Assessment Clinic Opens at London Bridge Hospital
date: 23 September 2009
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Mr Andrew Williams has opened the first fully integrated Pelvic Floor Assessment Clinic in the private sector at London Bridge Hospital.
Designed to help both men and women with their life restricting, embarrassing and often painful symptoms, the clinic treats patients with conditions ranging from damage caused during childbirth to the side effects of radiotherapy following treatment for prostate cancer.
London Bridge Hospital begins major £15 million upgrade programme
date: 08 September 2009
Work has begun on one of the largest developments at London Bridge Hospital since it opened 23 years ago. The £15 million scheme will create two new state of the art integrated operating theatres on the ground floor, a new Intensive Care Unit and 14 new in-patient rooms plus a range of other new facilities.
HCA supports The Royal Society of Medicine’s 29th Annual GP Forum
date: 13 August 2009
HCA International are proud to support the 29th Annual GP Forum held from Monday 14th to Friday 18th September 2009, at The Royal Society of Medicine in London.
The forum takes place over five days and has a varied programme of lectures and workshops on a wide-ranging selection of clinical topics. These topics include ophthalmology, obstetric, medicine, urogenital health, travel medicines and sports medicine.
New Day Case Brachytherapy Treatment available
date: 06 August 2009
London Bridge Hospital is now offering a new day case treatment for patients with early prostate cancer using a pinhole surgery Brachytherapy single-stage procedure.
The enhanced Brachytherapy operation, which is performed under a light general anaesthetic, enables urologists to map and treat a tumour with greater accuracy. Most patients can return to work in a couple of days and experience little discomfort from the procedure.
London Bridge Hospital awarded the Silver Status Recognition Award by Investors in People
date: 30 July 2009
London Bridge Hospital has been awarded the Silver Status Recognition Award by Investors in People.
This is in addition to the accreditation that the hospital received in September 2008 and is in recognition of the number of evidence-based requirements achieved during the assessment by Investors in People.
London’s First Screening Programme for Ovarian Cancer
date: 30 July 2009
London Bridge Hospital is launching the first formal screening service for ovarian cancer, a disease that’s often discovered when it has reached an advanced stage.
Ovarian cancer is less common than breast or colon cancer but is more lethal. Of the 7000 new cases discovered every year, six thousand patients cannot be cured. The survival rates are worse than all other gynaecological cancers.
The disease, known as the silent killer, is difficult to spot in its early stages and frequently its symptoms in later stages are misdiagnosed.
Now, one of the UK’s leading authorities on the disease, gynaecologist, Mr David Oram, has begun a cancer screening service at the London Bridge Hospital diagnostic and outpatient centre at 31 Old Broad Street.
Hansen Robot interview aired on CNBC
date: 18 May 2009
World first Arrhythmia procedure at London Bridge Hospital
date: 11 May 2009
One of Britain’s leading specialists in the treatment of severe arrhythmia, Dr Richard Schilling, has developed a new and more effective procedure at London Bridge Hospital.
It is the first time this new dual procedure has been performed worldwide. It involves a normal radio frequency ablation operation combined with the cryo ablation procedure which increases the effectiveness of the treatment.
New MRI scanner- the first of it’s kind in the UK
date: 06 April 2009
London Bridge Hospital- the first private hospital in the UK to offer a Robotic Catheter System
date: 02 April 2009
This system is designed to give our Surgeons accurate and stable control of catheter movement during complex cardiac procedures performed to diagnose patients suffering from abnormal heart rhythms or arrhythmias.
Patient Feedback Summary
date: 25 March 2009
The HCA patient feedback survey measures the barometer of patient opinion in a number of key areas, with particular emphasis on care and communication.
The results compare favourably with similar private hospitals in the London area and with the NHS national patient survey.
London Bridge Hospital is proud of their patient care and work hard to make each patients time with the hospital as pleasant as possible.
The patient’s survey is an important indicator of how well the hospital achieves this and monitor the results.
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