Volunteers
The people who work
in Community Hospitals or spend time as patients or visitors recognise the
tremendous voluntary work undertaken by so many people including The League of
Friends and other groups.
The staff and also the patients
are grateful to the people who: -
- arrange
flowers
- take the library books and other trollies around the wards and departments
bringing reading material, toiletries and other goods to the patients
- are part of the hospital welcomers
- visit patients to read, write
letters or do the occasional shopping
- are on the rota for the hospital
shop
- provide refreshments in the busy
outpatient departments
- organise and participate in
fundraising events
- drive and assist the patients in
the transport provided by the volunteers
- tend designated gardens
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However, we do not claim to have
mentioned all the volunteers but recognise that without them our local hospitals
would have difficulty surviving.
As an Association we would like to
thank so many League of Friends, for funding the annual subscription to the CHA,
either for their organisation or on behalf of their Community Hospital. Many
provide funding for staff to attend the Annual Conference. This is such an
important function and is genuinely appreciated by the staff. It allows them to
recharge their batteries and return to the workplace refreshed, motivated and
with new ideas gleaned from such an event.
Over many years we have received
information about the sterling work which goes on locally. Listed below are a
few of the articles which we have published. They highlight the commitment and
support from the general public for their local services.
Sidmouth Victoria Hospital
£1.5 million improvements
Lytham Hospital
£30,000 for Research
Ottery St Mary
Hospital £35,000 for new disabled passenger ambulance
Leatherhead Hospital
£5,000 for rehabilitation treadmill for the gym
Victoria Hospital,
Wimborne almost £2 million for redevelopment of the Hospital
Victoria Hospital,
Wimborne £450,000 for X-ray Department
Moretonhampstead
Hospital £450,000 for major development scheme
Malton Hospital
£20,000 for anaesthetic monitoring machine
Royal Visit for Clevedon
New Suite at
Tewkesbury
We receive many questions about
donations made and protection of monies. The article written by Dr Tim Dudgeon
and others at Moretonhampstead could be of interest to you.
Protection of donated money
In 1991 Rye
Memorial Hospital was closed. Read how the local people managed, through
tremendous effort and sacrifice, to reopen the hospital. This article celebrates
an important anniversary.
The Memorial Centre at Rye