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  • The Friends Blood Taking Unit celebrated its first year in December 2017
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Extra comfort for Diabetes patients

The Friends have recently donated 4 bariatric chairs and an extra examination couch for use by patients attending the Diabetes Centre at the Hospital of St Cross.

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Crocus planters return to admire the display!

Pupils from Bilton C of E Junior School returned to the hospital to see the bulbs they planted last October in full bloom and to plant a commemorative plaque!

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Aids for patients with visual or hearing impairments

The nursing and occupational therapy teams at the Hospital of St Cross are seen with one of 5 kit boxes of aids for patients with visual or hearing impairments donated by the Friends. 

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New trolley for Xray

Staff at the Hospital of St Cross have recently taken delivery of a special new trolley for use in the X-ray department. 

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Hi-Lo beds make a difference for frail elderly patients

Many of the patients who undergo treatment at the Hospital of St Cross are frail and elderly and so have the potential to fall and injure themselves if they attempt to get out of bed unaided.  

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Local knitters make Twiddlemuffs for patients at St Cross

Sarah Barker from the Knit and Natter group, who meet at St Peter and St John’s Church on Clifton Road, recently presented a collection of ‘twiddlemuffs’ to nurses at the Hospital of St Cross.

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The Friends are helping transform Children's Outpatients

The Children's Outpatient Unit at the Hospital of St Cross in Rugby is set to be transformed thanks to a major funding commitment from the Friends of St Cross and the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Charity.

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New service for Women in Warwickshire

An exciting new service for the whole of Warwickshire was announced at the AGM of the Friends of St Cross on the 28th June 2017.

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Gala Proms Concert - let's raise the roof

Members of the Rugby Male Voice Choir and the City of Coventry Male Voice Choir and the Musical Director of the Jaguar Land Rover Band were invited to meet in the Mayor’s Parlour to announce plans for the Gala Proms Charity Concert.

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Gala Concert Success

Four Male Voice Choirs from Rugby, Coventry, Leamington and Northampton performed with the Jaguar Landrover Band and soloist Mel Cotton to raise the roof at the Temple Speech Room and to give Mike Minton a great send off as the retiring Musical Director of the Rugby Male Voice Choir.

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Bingo fun at St Cross

Patients in the Ash Dialysis Unit at St Cross are now enjoying Bingo sessions thanks to one of the recent donations from the Friends of St Cross.

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Local couple cycle the length of the UK in aid of the Friends

Steve and Carol Hamp set off on the 1st of September to cycle 1200 miles, unsupported on the national cycle network, from Lands End to John O’Groats. 

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  1. New hi-tech monitors helps diabetes patients at St Cross
  2. New blooms for St Cross
  3. No one should be alone at Christmas
  4. SPA Dinner Dance in aid of the Friends

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