Hospital Life issue 2 - Barking Havering and Redbridge University ...

Taking
the
plunge
Twelve brave souls took a
giant leap of faith to raise
money for our hospitals this
month.
The dozen plucky fundraisers abseiled 120ft from
the top of the YMCA in Romford in aid of the BHR
Hospitals Charity - collecting hundreds of pounds for
Queen’s and King George hospitals.
Keith Mahoney - one of the Trust’s Non Executive Directors
and Chair of our Trustees - led the team, which included
staff and members of the public.
Top fundraiser was Mary Feeney-Chirgwin, Matron of
Accident and Emergency at King George Hospital, who
handed over an impressive £300.
If you would like to find out more about the Trust’s charity,
and some of the brilliant events you could take part in,
have a look at the microsite on our website
www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk
• Neil Milton, pictured on the front page, was one of
the members of the public abseiling in aid of BHR
Hospitals Charity.
Report on a busy year
The Trust held it’s Annual General Meeting at the
end of September, looking back over an extremely
busy year.
The public meeting saw
presentations from Chief Executive
John Goulston, and a run-down of
our financial situation.
For a copy of the Trust’s Annual
Report and Accounts for 2008/9
you can log on to our website at
www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk. If you
would like a hard copy, call the
Communications Department
on 01708 435314.
Disabled parking improvements
Changes have been made to the
disabled parking at Queen’s
Hospital to improve access for our
patients and visitors.
We have moved the disabled parking
spaces from the first floor of the
multi-storey car park onto the
ground floor outside of the main
entrance.
The number of spaces remains the
same – well in excess of the
statutory requirements - but people
with difficulties walking will no
longer have to negotiate stairs and
lifts.
We still have disabled parking spaces
on the ground floor of the multistorey
car park, so there will be
some shelter if we are experiencing
the typical British weather.
The first two rows of parking outside
of the main entrance have been
dedicated as areas for patient
transport ambulances and for
dropping off patients.
Traffic flow outside of the entrance
had become unmanageable, with
one ambulance driver being hit by a
vehicle in recent weeks as he helped
a patient to disembark. There had
also been
problems
with
emergency
access to the
hospital due
to overcrowding.
The new layout will alleviate these
problems, making it a safer
environment.
There are always wheelchairs
available in the atrium of the
hospital to help people to and from
their vehicles.
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