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League of Friends summer draw raises more funds for hospital equipment

More than £2,500 has been raised by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s League of Friends (LoF) at their annual summer prize draw. All of the money raised from this Draw will be used to help purchase three Patient Vital Signs Monitors for the Day Care Unit, which cost a total of £10,000. Four winning tickets were drawn on Wednesday 17 August [...]

2022-08-25T14:16:43+00:00August 25th, 2022|News|

Volunteer Jill retires after nearly six decades

Former nurse Jill Wellings has just retired after nearly 60 years of volunteering at RSH. Jill started as a volunteer during her training as a nurse and then joined the RSH League of Friends (LoF) when it formed in 1966, helping out when its first shop opened at the Old Copthorne South in 1971. She has seen many changes over [...]

2022-01-25T11:53:32+00:00January 25th, 2022|News|

SaTH Annual Award Winners

League of Friends Executive Chairman Richard Steventon receives an award from Julia Clarke, Director of Corporate Affairs in appreciation to the Friends of the RSH for their support and generous donation of £30,000 for the redevelopment of the Hamar Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. 

2021-07-15T12:28:45+00:00July 15th, 2021|News|

Garden Events at Marche Manor raise over £1,000

The sun was shining for the League of Friends Open Garden events held in the spectacular gardens of Marche Manor. The Friends have been asked to provide the funds for the purchase of ten ambulatory pumps for End-of-Life care patients. The events held on the afternoon of the 27th and the evening of the 28th May raised in excess of [...]

2021-06-02T15:04:32+00:00June 2nd, 2021|News|

A “Thank you” From the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Service

"Dear League of Friends,  In March 2017 you kindly provided the funds to purchase two new ultrasound scanners for our Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Service. We thoroughly appreciate your generosity and as such wanted to let you know some of the outcomes of this service.  Since we received the scanner we have used them to screen 9550 patients. We have [...]

2021-01-11T15:34:14+00:00January 11th, 2021|News|

League of Friends Christmas Draw has raised £3.250 and every penny will be used to fund vital equipment for the hospital

Organising Secretary Susan Hurdiss said  “We are most grateful to the High Sheriff, Dean Harris for kindly giving her time and to pick out the four lucky winners in this year’s Christmas Draw.  The response has been incredible and has raised more money than last year which has included many generous donations, on behalf of the Friends I would like [...]

2020-12-16T13:58:11+00:00December 16th, 2020|News|
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