Newsletter - Issue 9 - August 2016 (28)

of patients, staff and their families put
Dozens
best foot forward to raise £16,000 for the
their
five hospitals.
Trust’s
College Healthcare Charity held its
Imperial
ever Walk for Wards in July, which saw 120
first
walk a five or two mile circular route from
people
Square in Paddington.
Merchant
charity raises money for research,
The
and projects at Imperial College
equipment
NHS Trust, and money raised at the
Healthcare
will go to the walkers’ chosen wards and
event
across the Trust.
departments
funds for Charing Cross,
Raising
Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea,
Hammersmith,
Watts, head of community and events
Laura
at the charity, said: “We want to say
fundraising
huge thank you to everyone who took part. We
a
delighted with how much they raised. This
are
will help to make a real difference for
money
and staff across Imperial College
patients
NHS Trust.
Healthcare
also want to thank the volunteers who
“We
to make this event a success – we
helped
have done it without them.”
couldn’t
five mile walk included Regent’s Canal,
The
Hill, Regent’s Park and Marylebone.
Primrose
Imperial College
Healthcare Charity
Helping our hospitals do more
NEWSLETTER: SUMMER/AUTUMN 2016
St Mary's and Western Eye hospitals
Patients and staff raise thousands for their hospitals with charity walk
£16,000
raised
Fundraisers at Walk for Wards in July
donate to your ward, department or hospital go to
To
www.imperialcharity.org.uk/donate

of art by Trust staff are on display in the
Works
Wing Gallery at St Mary’s Hospital.
Cambridge
exhibition, organised by Imperial College
The
Charity, has opened at the hospital in
Healthcare
after moving from Hammersmith Hospital,
Paddington
it opened earlier this year.
where
features a range of artworks, including drawing,
It
printmaking and photography by 45 staff
painting,
and their immediate family.
members
Zacaria, arts manager at the charity, said:
Lucy
thrilled with the response from staff and the
“We’re
high quality of the artworks. There is a lot
extremely
hidden talent within the Trust."
of
the works of art on display are two
Among
by Lindo Wing healthcare assistant Robert
paintings
He said: "One of my paintings, entitled
Sequeira.
was related to something that happened at
Emotions,
We had a patient who had a cardiac arrest and
work.
I got home I pulled out the canvas to express
when
I thought that day. The patient was in a bad
what
but we helped him come back. It was amazing.
way
makes me happy knowing patients will look at
“It
paintings and reflect.”
my
exhibition moves to Charing Cross Hospital at
The
end of August.
the
www.imperialcharity.org.uk/art-collections.
More:
Lee Blowers Memorial
The
footballers
Trophy
memory of a man who died of leukaemia inspired friends
The
family to fundraise for the hospital that treated him.
and
football match was held in Latchingdon in honour of
A
Lee Blowers, who lost his 18-month battle with
34-year-old
disease in December.
the
event, named the Lee Blowers Memorial Trophy, was
The
by a charity auction and raffle and raised £8,061.
followed
friend, Mike Cawston, said: “At one point, when he
Lee's
like he was in remission, he wanted to give something
looked
but he got ill again pretty quickly. After he died, we
back
we wanted to do it for him. Lee spoke so highly about the ward and how well he was cared
decided
Every penny raised in Lee’s honour benefit and enhance the care environment for patients in
for.”
ward in the Catherine Lewis Centre at Hammersmith Hospital.
Dacie
to fundraise for your ward or department? Email lauren.levy@imperial.nhs.uk.
Want
Wor
New exhibition features works of art by talented hospital staff
Robert Sequeira
£8,061
raised
Footballers raise thousands in honour of popular Essex man
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visiting accident and emergency (A&E) at
Patients
Mary’s Hospital in Paddington are set to benefit
St
improved facilities and an increase in
from
areas for the most serious cases following
treatment
£3.5 million refurbishment.
a
on the upgrade, which is funded in full by a
Work
from Imperial College Healthcare Charity will
grant
completed by early January 2017. The A&E will
be
open throughout the refurbishment.
remain
Ali Sanders, chief of service for emergency
Dr
ambulatory care at Imperial College Healthcare
and
Trust said: “The layout and design of St Mary’s
NHS
department needs to keep pace with demand.
A&E
year, we had a 15 per cent increase in patients
Last
via emergency ‘blue light’ ambulance. The
arriving
will provide more spaces for assessment
upgrade
treatment of our most critically ill and injured
and
and a more efficient working environment
patients
staff. This will mean faster pathways for patients,
for
better surroundings and with greater privacy.”
in
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visited the major
The
centre at St Mary’s Hospital in July to learn
trauma
about the Youth Violence Intervention
more
which aims to tackle youth gang violence.
Programme,
project brings specialist youth workers from
The
an organisation that has experience
Redthread,
children and young people change their risky
helping
into the major trauma centre to connect with
lifestyles,
victims and perpetrators of violence.
the
Youth Violence Intervention Programme is the
The
of a partnership between Imperial College
result
NHS Trust, Redthread and Imperial College
Healthcare
Charity which has helped partners and
Healthcare
work together to make the initiative possible.
funders
College Healthcare Charity chief
Imperial
Ian Lush, said: “We are proud to support our
executive,
charity, Redthread, through our St Mary’s
partner
Major Trauma Centre Appeal. The project is
Hospital
a huge impact on young Londoners' lives and
having
young people’s futures."
transforming
London Mayor visits St Mary's
Sadiq Khan at St Mary's
awards £3.5 million
Charity
upgrade A&E department
to
£3.5 million
awarded
Work taking place at St Mary's
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gives £7.2 million
Charity
upgrade outpatient areas
to
charity has awarded £7.2 million to
The
outpatient clinics at two of the
transform
hospitals after the Care Quality
Trust's
highlighted a number of areas
Commission
could be improved.
that
are taking place in the
Refurbishments
and waiting areas used by day case
clinical
at Hammersmith and Charing Cross
patients
This includes main outpatients and
hospitals.
outpatients at Hammersmith, ENT,
renal
and main outpatients at
opthalmology
Cross. Work is expected to finish in
Charing
2017. March
additional £290,000 was awarded to
An
Eye Hospital at the end of July to
Western
and renovate the outpatients
reconfigure
million redevelopments
£1
Riverside Theatres
at
Riverside Operating Theatres at Charing
The
Hospital are set to be redeveloped
Cross
to a £1 million grant from the charity.
thanks
Riverside Theatres are currently
The
but these improvements will
outdated
the full set of facilities required for
produce
short stay surgery in one unit:
elective
area; patient consent rooms; four
waiting
compliant with modern air handling
theatres
recovery; improved changing
requirements;
and improved storage to maximize
rooms;
use of the theatre facility.
the
College Healthcare Charity now
Imperial
more than 300 volunteers for the
manages
across Charing Cross, Hammersmith,
Trust
Charlotte's & Chelsea, St Mary's and
Queen
Eye hospitals.
Western
kicked off the change in management
We
celebrating Volunteers' Week at the start of
by
across the hospitals and have seen great
June
with our new Events Volunteer scheme,
success
supported the Walk for Wards fundraising
which
in July.
event
the next few months, the new
Over
Department will be working hard
Volunteering
review and evaluate how volunteering
to
works to identify how we can make
currently
even better for the future.
things
the Trust's charity, we are committed to
As
the experience and outcomes for
improving
We believe that we can help our
patients.
do more by expanding our scope to
hospitals
the management of volunteering. Look
include
for more updates and opportunities to
out
One of our volunteers
Volunteering moves to the charity
department.
volunteer coming soon.
For the latest information about grants and volunteering, visit www.imperialcharity.org.uk
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St Mary's Hospital More Smiles Appeal to
The
the children's intensive care unit has
redevelop
the £1 million half way point.
reached
appeal aims to raise at least £2 million to
The
and expand the unit so it has more
renovate
more beds and can ultimately save even
space,
lives. more
those who have been raising money
Among
staff, pupils and parents at Chepstow House
are
who have raised £243,922.
School
Angela Barr, said: "Raising
Headteacher,
for the unit means a lot to our pupils
money
the More Smiles Appeal as
"Choosing
charity of the year has helped our pupils
our
showed us how to live'...family to complete teenager's bucket list
'She
and family of a fun-loving teenager who died after
Friends
at school are completing her bucket list to raise money
collapsing
the children's intensive care unit at St Mary's Hospital.
for
School pupil Vaishali Bance Suhayr who suffered from
Plashet
allergies and asthma, was taken to St Mary’s Hospital after
severe
collapsed but died a few days later on 17 October 2015.
she
who knew the 15-year-old are fundraising for the More
Those
Appeal in a variety of ways, including activities from her
Smiles
list. Her mother, Srija, of East Ham, said: “Vaishali showed
bucket
how to live. Her allergies and asthma meant she had to be so
us
all the time. Even lying in the grass or breathing in the dust
careful
fireworks could land her in hospital but she always said if she
from
herself it was worth going to hospital for. She made
enjoyed
believe she was invincible.
everyone
discovered after she passed away that she had written
"We
bucket list of things she wanted to do, swim with dolphins, go
a
milk a cow. Things I never even knew about."
cliff-jumping,
father, Harish, said: "She had so many dreams and
Vaishali's
to go out and do all these things. We are so proud of her.”
wanted
thanked the team at St Mary's, Newham University
They
The Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew's Surgery.
Hospital,
is the More Smiles Appeal?
What
St Mary's Hospital More Smiles Appeal aims to raise at least £2 million for the
The
and refurbishment of the children's intensive care unit, almost doubling the
expansion
of beds to 15 and funding new pieces of equipment. To find out more or to make
number
More Smiles Appeal reaches half way mark
understand how fortunate they are."
because it could touch their lives.
Chepstow House School pupils
Vaishali Bance Suhayr
a donation, visit www.moresmiles.org.uk.
Get involved at www.imperialcharity.org.uk

completes Five Peaks
Nurse
for her unit
Challenge
done and thank you to Lorna Harrison who
Well
raised more than £1,080 for the liver unit at St
has
Hospital by completing the Five Peaks
Mary's
Challenge.
clinical nurse specialist walked 15 miles
The
mountainous terrain in the Lake District to
across
funds for her unit.
raise
money I raise will help to buy things we
“The
in the department to help improve patient
need
I try to do something for the charity every
care.
she said.
year,”
about my patients when I was walking
“Thinking
to keep me going when I was tired. They
helped
been really generous with their donations.”
have
sponsor Lorna, visit
To
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/LAHarrison.
charities join forces to show
NHS
impact on the nation's health
their
group of NHS charities are leading the way
A
demonstrating charitable impact on the NHS
in
patients in the UK.
and
financial pressures on the NHS
With
to increase, NHS charities play an
continuing
vital role in supporting hospitals
increasingly
Trusts, providing £321 million of additional
and
each year and jointly managing over
funding
billion in assets.
£2
project, involving ten charities from
The
Maddox Group of NHS Charities, is
the
by Imperial College Healthcare
spearheaded
CW+ (Chelsea + Westminster Health
Charity,
and the Royal Free Charity. The
Charity)
efforts have resulted in a new set of
group’s
entitled NHS Charities Evaluation
guidelines
that will help fellow NHS Charities
Guidance
shared methods of measuring impact.
develop
out more about how we're making
Find
difference at the Trust
a
charity's new impact report featuring
The
we have funded in the last year has
projects
been published.
just
renovations to research, the report
From
how your donations are helping the
details
hospitals of Imperial College Healthcare
five
Trust. NHS
chief executive, Ian Lush, said:
Charity
report highlights some of the charity's
"This
during the year, and in
achievements
focuses on the difference we have
particular
to patients, families, visitors and staff
made
and around the hospitals we support. The
in
speak for themselves - over £12 million
figures
grant funding to more than 100 projects."
in
see the full report, go to
To
www.imperialcharity.org.uk/annualreview-reports.
£1,080
raised
Lorna Harrison
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money for the
Raise
newest fund:
charity's
College Healthcare
Imperial
and the department of
Charity
at Imperial College
haematology
NHS Trust are excited
Healthcare
announce a new charitable
to
called The Blood Fund.
fund
Blood Fund offers patients
The
staff affected by all types of
and
disorders an opportunity to
blood
or donate to the
fundraise
of haematology at
department
Trust. the
raised for the fund will
Money
to three key areas: improving
go
care, investing in research
patient
supporting the doctors and
and
of the future.
scientists
department of
The
will be holding
haematology
and fundraising activities
events
the year to raise
throughout
for the fund.
awareness
you’d like to know more about
If
Blood Fund, contact
The
have awarded more than £104,000 to projects across
We
Trust as part of our new small grants programme.
the
recently, charity funding means the
Most
day unit at Charing Cross Hospital can
chemotherapy
a third scalp cooling machine that helps prevent
buy
patients from losing their hair. This not
chemotherapy
means more patients can be treated each day, but it
only
means the unit can be more flexible when offering
also
slots for patients.
time
with implantable cardiac devices at the Trust
Patients
set to receive new ID cards that will relay essential
are
about their device to medical professionals
information
emergencies, replacing the current system of using
in
printed information sheets.
large
are the focus of another charity-funded
Carers
project which will see them receive better
Trustwide
privileges, carers’ passports, guest beds and food
visiting
as well as a set of new information resources to
vouchers
them.
support
small grants programme launched at the end of
The
and has proved popular among Trust staff with
March
for projects and equipment up to the value of
ideas
that improve patient services and experiences.
£5,000
find out more about how Trust staff can apply,
To
Small grants make a big difference
The Blood Fund
visit www.imperialcharity.org.uk/small-grants-fund.
laura.watts@imperial.nhs.uk.
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you never fail to impress us with your dedication. We want to say an
challenges,
special thank you to:
extra
The 16 cyclists who took part in the 100 mile RideLondon event, raising £8,000
-
the Major Trauma Centre at St Mary's, the More Smiles Appeal and a range
for
The 55 brave people who abseiled down the QEQM Building at St Mary's
-
to raise thousands for the More Smiles Appeal.
Hospital
Karen McArtney, a midwife at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, Suzy
-
a nursery nurse at St Mary’s Hospital, and their friend who have raised
Leaves,
than £1,600 for Jada's Room at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital by
more
26.2 miles.
walking
Our corporate supporters, including M&S, Westfield and Waitrose, have been
-
with a range of fundraising activites such as bake sales and spinathons.
busy
up for a skydive to
Sign
save children's lives
help
you’ve ever wanted to experience the thrill of
If
out of a plane, here is your chance! The
jumping
Smiles Appeal is looking for adventurous
More
to skydive on 17 September.
people
be harnessed to a professional free fall
You’ll
instructor as you take on this 10,000ft
parachute
at Brackley Airfield near Oxford.
challenge
registration fee is £70 and the minimum
The
sign up, get in touch by emailing
To
or phone
moresmiles@imperial.nhs.uk
you for all your support
Thank
couldn't do any of this work without you. From sponsored walks to cycling
We
of other causes across the Trust.
Join us on
17 September
2016
sponsorship is £395.
020 331 25694.
donate to your ward, department or hospital, go
To
www.imperialcharity.org.uk/donate
to