Catching the right note for hospital’s children’s services
If you would like to support Poole Hospital Charity and children’s community services, you could buy a single by local singer/songwriter Krista Green.
If you would like to support Poole Hospital Charity and children’s community services, you could buy a single by local singer/songwriter Krista Green.
Funds from a cabaret evening held in February, which raised £3,195.55 for Poole Hospital’s Alcohol Care and Treatment Services (ACTS), have been handed over at a ‘virtual’ cheque presentation.
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RBCH) are set to merge in October under the umbrella of University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust – and people are invited to say how they would like to be treated.
Due to Covid-19, the majority of volunteers were temporarily stood down from the Royal Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole hospitals – but now they are being welcomed back as the hospitals are seeing an increase in outpatients as well as a return of visitors.
Staff at Poole Hospital’s maternity unit are now able to enjoy some beautiful blooms in a restful setting as their garden has received a make-over from Dan Smith, a professional Poole-based gardener.
Following a recent spate of bike thefts, which left some Poole Hospital staff unable to get to work, Dorset Rough Riders, a Bournemouth and Poole based off-road cycle club, has donated 10 bike locks.
Phillipa Rolle will be donning her sports gear tomorrow, Saturday 4 July, to run the Dorset boundary in aid of Poole Hospital’s radiotherapy unit, hoping to raise £2,150.
A ground-breaking medical unit at Poole Hospital, which has reduced the time many older patients spend in hospital, has promoted interest nationally and internationally.
Although strict hospital visiting restrictions have been relaxed there are still constraints that visitors must adhere if they wish to see a patient at the Royal Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole hospitals.
You can survive Covid-19 even if you have serious underlying health problems.