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An Invitation to Join Our Committee
Posted on December 18, 2019 at 3:50 PM |
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Friends of Townlands
Memorial Hospital This treasured local
Charity was set up by public meeting in Henley in 1955 and is still run by
local Trustees as a purely voluntary body. Funding comes from
small annual membership subscriptions, social fundraising events, donations and
legacies. We focus on carefully
considered purchases and initiatives to help augment the provision of “one
stop`’ medical services at our valued Community Hospital and to enhance the
“patient experience”. Our Committee includes
medical representatives who help appraise the quality of any bids to our fund. Recently funded items
are a treadmill, ultrasound scanner, bladder scanner, neurological and ophthalmic
equipment. We also funded
production of a Townlands patient services brochure and refreshments for the
free Health Talks provided in the Hospital for the local community. If you’d be interested
to join us, our Committee meets up to 4 times a year, including an Annual
General Meeting. For 2020, we need to
recruit a qualified Accountant to prepare the Annual Springtime Audit of our
Accounts (drafted by our Hon Treasurer) and a new Chairperson to take over
during the year. All enquiries, please
call Judith Nimmo-Smith (Chair of Trustees) on 07930 581732 |
Townlands Today
Posted on May 11, 2018 at 4:55 AM |
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It seems a long time since I last posted anything about the Hospital, largely because of the delays in starting and finishing it, and then the subsequent delays in getting things working well in the provision of services, which would apply to any organisation supporting the complexities of delivering the wide range of services that it does. I am happy to report that the Hospital goes from strength to strength, and The FRIENDS OF TOWNLANDS stand ready to respond to those local requirements that can so improve the personal experience of those using the services the hospital provides. Our first donation to the Hospital resulted from the Treasurers use of the Physiotherapy Department after having a new knee in April 2016. I asked them if there was any equipment lacking in the department that would make a difference, and they immediately said "Treadmill". The Friends agreed to purchase the treadmill on behalf of the Hospital and it has been a resounding success. Our second donation was the bladder scanner and trolley in 2017 for the Urology Dept, which means that the visiting consultant can have equipment at his disposal that would normally be available at the John Radcliffe or The Royal Berks. Additionally in the local Bell Surgery, we have supported educational talks by consultants covering a wide field of disciplines, which started in 2017 and continues in 2018. |
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