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Autumn/Winter League of Friends Newsletter

Dear Member, Click here to read our Autumn/Winter 2024 Newsletter As Shrewsbury born Charles Darwin wrote in his theory of Evolution … “that over time we need to adapt and change in order to survive”, it’s quite apt as a charity the Shrewsbury based League of Friends are adapting to change by giving our full support to Shrewsbury & Telford [...]

2024-10-28T11:45:56+00:00October 28th, 2024|News|

Summer Draw 2024

Three of our wonderful volunteers took a little time out to draw the four winning tickets in this year’s League of Friends Summer Draw.  It raised £1,926 which will all be put towards funding equipment to help improve patient care.  - All profits from our four shops located within the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital all go to supporting the hospital. ( [...]

2024-08-27T15:11:18+00:00August 27th, 2024|News|

RSHLoF name change and Constitution updated to reflect

Dear all The Hospital Transformation Program (HTP) has had the business case approved and the building changes have started. The outcome is one Hospital on two sites with Shrewsbury being the Accident & Emergency and Trauma site and Telford the ‘Elective’ site. Our Executive Board has become aware that Shropshire and Welsh patients will increasingly be referred to either site [...]

2024-08-20T12:12:55+00:00August 20th, 2024|News|

Join in the Charity Abseil 21st September 2024

Congratulations and good luck for going ‘Off the Block’ at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital The form below is to guarantee your opportunity to go ‘off the block’ and raise charitable funds for The League of Friends. The first box lets you select your chosen charity and we will be notified of your support. The £78 registration [...]

2024-07-05T12:16:36+00:00July 5th, 2024|News|

Spring/Summer League of Friends Newsletter

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 [...]

2024-03-25T10:28:40+00:00March 25th, 2024|News|

The League of Friends gifted £407,167 of equipment to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

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 [...]

2024-01-29T12:09:37+00:00January 29th, 2024|News|

August 2023 League of Friends Newsletter

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 [...]

2023-11-22T14:06:48+00:00November 22nd, 2023|News|

Wide-hearted donation by League of Friends, for a Widefield Retinal Scanner at Royal Shrewsbury eye unit.

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 [...]

2023-08-01T10:04:32+00:00August 1st, 2023|News|

Charities link up in new collaboration to fund Trust radiotherapy software

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 [...]

2023-08-01T09:54:16+00:00August 1st, 2023|News|

During 2022 The League of Friends of the RSH donated over £300,000 of hospital equipment to the Trust

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, [...]

2023-04-21T09:38:42+00:00April 21st, 2023|News|
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