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Can you help?.....................................................................................
Help us to support local NHS staff and patients throughout the coronavirus pandemic
Northamptonshire Health Charity are appealing for donations to support
our amazing local hospitals and NHS staff above and beyond what the NHS provides. Donations will help fund additional resources to aid our hospitals in delivering the specialist care needed throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Your donations will help ensure our busy frontline staff have access to food and drink while on shift, provide wellbeing initiatives and support during the pandemic and once its over. Additional resources will also make a difference to our patients’ hospital stay.
In these unprecedented times we need the help of our community more than ever.
The charity supports Northampton General Hospital as well as all of the community and mental health hospitals and services across Northamptonshire. All of our NHS staff are working tirelessly through this so we want to do everything we can
to help them. With hospital clinical teams working longer hours and some members retraining in order to help with extra patients, staff are working around the clock, putting others first and providing the expertise that they are known for.
What can we do to help?
We want to provide the following:
• Food packages for frontline staff and the teams who run our hospitals, some are restricted to where they can eat their lunches, sometimes not always having time for a break due to the high demands on their time as they work tirelessly to help the patients. These teams include; Nurses, Doctors, Estates, Porters, Catering, Domestics, PALS and Bereavement services.
• Activities and entertainment for isolated patients such as a range of puzzle books, colouring books and pens, playing cards, portable radios etc. Things that will keep patients occupied during the long hours while they cannot receive visitors. We are also helping with patient toiletries at this time.
• Basic need packs for frontline staff using alternative accommodation near the hospital because they can’t go home; as a family member is self- isolating, or their travel time to and from work is too lengthy.
• Wellbeing initiatives for staff. Anything from wellbeing packs and the NGH “Our Space” room – a space for staff to take some time out, to the green space for them to get outside for fresh air in nice surroundings and similar projects for the community hospitals. Further support will be needed once the pandemic is over too.
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You can help by making a donation online via our Just Giving page https://www. justgiving.com/campaign/COVID-19NHCF Purchasing an item from our Amazon Wish List https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/ wishlist/ls/31PEFL8LFNRT3
Please donate to support our amazing NHS staff. With your help we can make a difference together.