Cancer survivor receives artificial tongue in NHS first Dr Imogen Brooks was diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma, the most common type of head and neck cancer, when she was just 26. The Independent UK · Oct 7
Calls for heart disease clinics to be rolled out NHS-wide to address ethnic disparity in treatment Pilot of rapid access valve assessment clinics in England indicates success in closing healthcare inequality gap The Guardian - UK · Jan 28
Bereaved parents claim son's death after being discharged from hospital was 'avoidable' The Patel family claim their son died in August 2023 as a result of being discharged from St Thomas’s Hospital in Lambeth Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2025
Prostate cancer, race and the need for tests Letter: Suks Minhas and Ben Challacombe say it is important to acknowledge health inequalities faced by Black men and ethnic minorities in the UK The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025
Blood samples to be sent by drone to avoid London traffic The flights will take a fraction of the time it takes to transport the samples by road. The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2024
Type of mouth bacteria ‘melts’ some cancers, study finds People with head and neck cancers are said to have better outcomes if fusobacterium is found with their cancer The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024
Common mouth bacteria found to ‘melt’ certain cancers in ‘surprising’ discovery Researchers have examined the impact a common bacteria can have on head and neck cancers. The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024
Common mouth bacteria found to ‘melt’ head and neck cancers in ‘surprising’ discovery Researchers said that they were “brutally surprised” to find that Fusobacterium appeared to have the ability to kill head and neck cancers The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024
Guy's and St Thomas' theatre nurses to strike over longer shift times Unite warns further strike action will follow if the dispute is not resolved Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2024
Records on 300m patient interactions with NHS stolen in Russian hack Exclusive: Health service scrambling to set up helpline after Qilin gang put stolen data into public domain overnight The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024
London NHS hospitals revert to paper records after cyber-attack Disruption has affected wider range of health providers than first thought, including GPs and community and mental health services The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024
Russian cyber criminals behind hospital ransomware attack, says former security chief Two major NHS trusts were targeted as cyber criminals attacked blood test systems The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024
East London fertility clinic has licence suspended after losing embryos Investigation begins into Homerton Fertility Centre after errors discovered in freezing processes The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024
Felicity Grainger obituary Other lives: Research scientist turned librarian who became head of the library services serving three hospitals in London The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024
International Business Times UK · Jan 19, 2024 UK and US Announce Partnership to Tackle Biological Threats For Future Pandemics A new biological threat-tackling partnership has been formed between the UK and the US building on the Atlantic Declaration signed last year to strengthen biosecurity surveillance like disease outbreaks.
Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2023 London doctors become first in the UK to 'livestream' surgery using robot Medics from Guy's and St Thomas broadcast live prostate removal to doctors across the country
Evening Standard · Sep 7, 2023 London hospital becomes first in the UK to perform 10,000 operations using robot Exclusive: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust hails milestone nearly two decades after installing first machine
The Independent UK · May 23, 2023 Health workers to stage fresh strikes in dispute over pay Unite members from across the Guy’s and St Thomas’ workforce, including nurses and other frontline workers, will stage a 24-hour strike on June 1.
Evening Standard · May 19, 2023 Non-emergency NHS ambulances and police cars can use bus lanes, TfL announces It follows a pilot scheme that found letting ‘passenger transport’ ambulances use the lanes resulted in a 20 per cent drop in missed appointments
Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2023 World first robot mouth surgery at London hospital Exclusive: Team of doctors at Guy’s and St Thomas’ use ‘Versius’ robot to remove tumours in the mouth
Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2022 Robot prostate surgeons help London hospital set world record Aquablation technique used to treat ten patients with enlarged prostates in single day
The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022 Chaos after heat crashes computers at leading London hospitals Patient safety compromised during IT failure at Guy’s and St Thomas’
Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2022 IT systems at two of London’s biggest hospitals ‘shuts down’ due to heatwave’ IT services went down at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals as temperatures surged beyond 40C for the first time ever in the UK
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2022 Patient treated for monkeypox in isolation at London hospital Agencies to approach those who may have had close contact with patient, who recently travelled to Nigeria