The Friends welcomed some 60 members and guests to the 68th Annual General Meeting to celebrate another year of outstanding support for the Hospital in Rugby.
The Friends conitnue to support the Maple Unit with donations of scalp cooling haircare kits.
The Mayor of Rugby presented two Special Appreciation Awards to the Trustees at our Black Tie Dinner Dance
A leg press provides extra support for strengthening patient legs.
New mobility aids help patients move from sitting to standing at the early stage of their therapy.
A wall facing the Hoskyn ward has been transformed into colourful murals to help patient rehabilitation and staff wellbeing.
A new imaging unit that will allow for an additional 4,000 procedures per year has opened St Cross.
A pioneering new approach at the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby is enabling hip and knee replacement patients to be cared for even more quickly, safely and efficiently.
We have been asked to re-establish our Patient Visiting Service and expand our Mealtime Companion and Meet and Greet Services. We need some 20 volunteers to deliver these expanding services and to fill vacancies in other services which inevitably occur from time to time.
At the AGM, Doug Jones, Chair of the Charity, was delighted to accept a donation from the Rugby Male Voice Choir as the first contribution to the Platinum Appeal which celebate will 70 years of making a difference at the Hospital of St Cross and in the Community Service in Rugby.
Fabulous fundraiser Tracey Lennard has been honoured after raising more than £200,000 for The Friends of the Hospital of St Cross.