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Registered charity no: 1059043

Registered address:
5 Old Fulwood Road, Sheffield, S10 3TG

The projects below are just a small sample of the improvements that have happened during the last year as a result of your generous support.

Without your donations, fundraising efforts and volunteering activities, none of this would have been possible.

However, there is still much work that can be done to improve and enhance NHS facilities and services across Sheffield. Please continue to support us in our efforts to achieve this.

Spinal Injuries Centre
Keyhole treatment for kidney stones
Spot Vital Signs
Kidney waiting room
Cancer patients benefit from grants for £200,000

Spinal Injuries Centre

Installation of a new entertainment system enables patients of the Spinal Injuries Centre at the Northern General Hospital, to feel more comfortable and relaxed during their stay. The new equipment was purchased thanks to legacies left by former patients, and spent in the form of a grant from Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust.

The £110,000 grant purchased a television package enabling each patient to enjoy a 17inch flat screen TV with 20 satellite channels, free of charge, from the comfort of their own bed. The televisions also have a rotating bracket, which is extremely important for patients at the Spinal Injuries Centre, as they often have great difficulty moving.

This was all made possible thanks to generous legacies from two former patients. Both patients were cared for at the centre and very kindly left sums of £75,000 and £30,000, both of which contributed to the entertainment system.

Julia Stokes, Service Support Manager, said: “Spinal injury patients are admitted to the centre from across the UK, usually for long periods of time and away from family and friends. This grant makes a huge difference to the comfort and care of our patients.”

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Keyhole treatment for kidney stones

Surgery for children suffering from kidney stones has been made much easier thanks to equipment bought with money donated to Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust. Young patients visiting Sheffield Children‘s Hospital for stone surgery will now be treated with minimally invasive keyhole surgery.

Prasad Godbole, Consultant Paediatric Urologist, who is leading the stone team supported by Julian Roberts, Consultant Paediatric Urologist, said: “We are delighted that the donation of £25,000 has enabled us to buy this new equipment.”

Kidney stones are a much more common problem in adults than children and minimally invasive ‘keyhole’ techniques are well established in adults.

“There are approximately 120-160 stone cases in children a year nationwide and these often need dealing with surgically. However, it is no longer necessary to remove kidney stones by an open operation; instead they can be removed by ‘keyhole’ surgery, through a very small incision in the skin.”

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Spot Vital Signs

Fundraising efforts by the members of Welcome Lodge Number 3779 in Sheffield, together with a generous donation from the Provincial Grand Masters Fund, West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd, enabled the purchase of a vital piece of equipment at the Cardiology Research Facility in the Northern General Hospital.

The donation of £1,380.00, received by Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust, meant that a ‘Spot Vital Signs’ device could be acquired.

Rose Ecob, research co-ordinator, said: “This small but effective piece of equipment gives us a quick, accurate measurement of the patient‘s blood pressure, pulse rate and oxygen saturation. These measurements are essential in the wider picture of diagnosis and potential treatment. As the name suggests it measures the patient‘s vital signs, however it is also a vital piece of equipment and will undoubtedly prove to be very useful. I am extremely grateful for this generous gesture.”

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Kidney waiting room

Donations from generous patients enabled Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust to provide a new waiting room for patients at the Sheffield Kidney Institute.

The old waiting area was small and didn‘t cater for the number of patients attending the unit. The charity spent more than £10,000 on converting a disused room into the new, improved waiting area.

Helen Durdy, Renal Services Manager, said: “We are extremely grateful for this grant. Patients were waiting in the corridor, lobby and wherever space could be found. This was neither appropriate nor safe for the patients. Thanks to the Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust, the vacant room has been put to good use, providing patients and carers with a pleasant, safe environment.”

The Sheffield Kidney Institute, sited at the Northern General Hospital, provides dialysis to 540 patients each of whom attend 3 times a week for 3 to 4 hours each time. 134 of these patients will benefit from the new waiting room.

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Cancer patients benefit from grants for £200,000

Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, has been well supported in recent months by the charity Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust, with funding for two major projects.

A grant for £50,000 was given towards the hospital’s Look Good Feel Good Salon - an area dedicated to help patients who have undergone chemotherapy feel better about themselves. The salon provides services including massages and facials, and also provides wigs, hair pieces and scarves.

This funding has been closely followed by a grant of almost £150,000 for the new Impression Suite. This suite is now up and running and provides superior facilities for the planning and preparation of radiotherapy treatments.

Weston Park’s General Manager, Pauline Mackender, said: “Attending a hospital for radiotherapy treatment can be a hugely daunting experience. The new Impression Suite aims to lessen patient anxiety by increasing the amount of space, and removing noisy procedures from the proximity of the patient treatment rooms.”

“Since the Impression Suite was completed, not only has there been a substantial, positive, difference to the patient experience, but the hospital has also seen improvements in efficiency, and reductions in waiting times.”

“We are very grateful to Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust for enabling these developments to happen. And it is obvious that our patients and staff have seen the benefits. Radiotherapy can be very stressful for patients and so any steps we can take to make the process easier and more relaxed has a huge impact.”

Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust’s Head of Fundraising, Emma Dickens, said: “Both the Look Good Feel Good Salon, and the more recent Impression Suite, fit perfectly with the charity’s aims of providing patient benefit. The charity’s board of trustees had no hesitation in awarding sizeable grants for such valuable projects.”

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