League of Friends Royal Shrewsbury Hospital General News category
Dear Member, Click here to read our Spring/Summer 2024 Newsletter I’m so lucky that my job brings me in contact with so many wonderful and kindhearted people, who not only give their time generously helping and thinking of others but bring a friendly smile to everyone they meet. It is for this very reason we can continue as a charity [...]
During 2022 & 2023 The League of Friends gifted £407,167 of equipment to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Organising Secretary Sue Hurdiss said “We are truly grateful to everyone who supports us, whether it be visiting one of our four hospital shops, attending one of our many fundraising events held throughout the year and from the many kind and generous donations [...]
Dear Member, Click here to read our Autum 2o23/24 Newsletter As the golden hues of summer gently yield to the warm embrace of autumn, we reflect upon the variety of events held by our wonderful fundraising team and look forward to the exciting plans for the season ahead. Sue Skinner, a dedicated and long-standing committee member, has taken on the [...]
Royal Shrewsbury Eye Unit were on the receiving end of some of the state-of-the-art equipment recently that could revolutionise eye care services at the NHS trust. Charitable funding from the League of Friends (LoF) at Shrewsbury enabled the Royal Shrewsbury Eye Unit to purchase an ‘Optos California ultra-wide field retinal imaging system’, making SATH’s Ophthalmology service, one of the first [...]
Three charities have linked up to fund special software for the radiotherapy department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, which will bring huge benefits for patients. The League of Friends (LoF) of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Lingen Davies Cancer Fund and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Charity (SaTH Charity) have joined together to pay for a three-year subscription of [...]
In 2022 we donated more than £300,000 worth of vital equipment to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the county’s two acute hospitals. This including eight Intensive Therapy Unit ventilators; a widefield analyser for Ophthalmology and funds towards the new Cataract Suite; 10 syringe drivers for patients receiving end-of-life care; 12 arrhythmia monitors; two A&E communicators, [...]
Dear Member, Click here to read our Spring 2o23 Newsletter With so much going on in the world it is sometimes quite hard to not feel overwhelmed, yet by so many of us just doing a little, whatever it may be, can mean the world to someone. I feel all our volunteers and supporters like yourself are doing just that; [...]
The League of Friends Christmas Coffee morning held on the 12th December was a great success and raised £2,200, we were very grateful to the many local businesses who supported us with generous raffle prizes and for the marvellous stalls selling an array of festive items and homemade treats. Prestfelde School kindly let us use their Hall which provided the [...]
Dear Member, Click here to read our Autumn 2022 Newsletter As the leaves begin to fall and the air starts to feel crisper and a little cooler, we take time to reflect on the summers past. I hope you managed to enjoy the abundance of sunshine we were blessed with and have some lovely memories to look back on. Our [...]
The League of Friends four shops located in the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital continue to offer a wonderful service with a smile to all its customers. All profits from the shops are put towards the purchase of hospital equipment to improve patient care. (In the photo; Volunteers Phil Wells, Gillian Keates, Rose MacKune & Les Jones)
