Local businesses offer special NHS staff discounts to celebrate 10th Birthday of Western Sussex Hospitals
To celebrate the 10th Birthday of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the following local businesses have gifted an exclusive discount for all Western Sussex staff and volunteers across St Richard’s, Worthing and Southlands Hospitals to say a big “thank you” for all their hard work and dedication over the last decade…
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Love Your Hospital buys new listening aids for patients
Love Your Hospital provides assistive listening aids to patients, visitors and staff across St Richard’s, Worthing, and Southlands Hospitals.
Assistive listening aids are now available to patients, visitors and staff across Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust due to funding from the Trust’s dedicated charity, Love Your Hospital.
Deafness can affect a person’s ability to communicate properly and patients with hearing loss can often feel stressed trying to engage in a healthcare setting. According to research from Action on Hearing Loss, 1 in 6 people in the UK are affected by hearing loss with more than 90% of over 80 years-old experiencing some form of deafness.
Many patients surveyed in hospitals around the UK reported that they did not fully understand what staff were saying to them when accessing healthcare services. A further 43% of patients felt that, as a result, they were not fully involved in decision-making regarding their care. NHS staff also surveyed noted difficulties when speaking to patients suffering from hearing loss.
Charity glamour ball raises thousands for new eye care centre of excellence
Love Your Hospital's Eyeconic Ball raises more than £27,000 for new a new state-of-the-art eye care unit opening at Southlands Hospital in Shoreham in June 2017. Love Your Hospital, the dedicated charity for Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, held...
St Richard’s Eye Clinic Team Cycle to Success!
A six-woman strong team from St Richard’s Ophthalmology unit took on the London to Brighton 2017 Bike Ride in June triumphantly crossing the finish line after seven hours in the saddle. Kelly Manderson, Lisa Manderson, Sandra Walker, Hannah Woolgar, Patricia...
Local dad rows into the record books for children’s ward
A determined father of two has broken the world record for longest continuous indoor row and raised more than £3000 for Love Your Hospital. Neal Marsh, 48, of Littlehampton, vowed never to put himself through the torment of training and sleep deprivation again...
Children drive the world’s smallest Rolls-Royce to theatre!
The Rolls-Royce SRH was hand-built especially for the hospital’s Paediatric Day Surgery Unit after the NHS trust’s dedicated charity Love Your Hospital approached the luxury car manufacturer for support. Going for an operation can be daunting for younger patients and...
Why I’m a Love Your Hospital volunteer
After taking voluntary redundancy following a career of 37-years, I wanted to make good use of my free time.... I'd had really positive experiences at St Richard's Hospital in the past and decided I wanted to give something back. Every day in the charity office is...