To donate to the Friends and remember your local hospital – YOU CAN
- Become a subscribing member. This costs £5 per annum or £1 for under 18 years
- Donate via the Paypal Giving Fund links on Paypal
- Donate via the various collection boxes located around the hospital including the shop and stalls.
- Donate unwanted foreign currency
- Remember the Friends on special Birthdays or Anniversaries – perhaps in lieu of presents
- Remember the Friends in your Will – Email Friends Treasurer
- Many thanks to the members of the public who have donated in the above manner, or used the Friends services, we have recently distributed £90,000 in support of the following hospital projects:
- Anaesthesia – portable ultrasound scan probes.
- CT Scanning – a phlebotomy chair.
- Emergency – vital signs machine, to enable a more efficient triage of patients who could be seen by the Same Day Emergency Care Unit.
- Moving and Handling Services – Raizer chairs to assist staff in lifting patients who have had a fall.
- Neonatal – electric reclining chairs
- Outpatients – redecoration and new signage. This completes the upgrade work that we started funding the previous year with the purchase of new seating.
- Paediatrics – a children’s exercise therapy bicycle, and seating for the Paediatric Assessment Unit waiting area.
- Speech & Language Therapy – expiratory muscle strength trainers, to assist with swallowing.
- Surgical – an ophthalmic chair for the eye treatment centre, and a video-assisted surgical device for colorectal surgery.
- Voluntary Services – portering wheelchairs.
- Wheelchair Services – enabling the equipping of their new wheelchair rehabilitation workshop.
- Offer your time – we would be delighted to hear from you – Email Voluntary Services
Registered Charity No: 251356