Summer 2016 Staff Magazine
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<strong>Staff</strong> magazine<br />
BRIGHT CHARITY ROUND-UP<br />
Volunteering<br />
Congratulations to Edna Rutherford who<br />
collected her Long Service Award from nonexecutive<br />
director Ian McMinn for 30 years<br />
of service to the trust in June. We’d like to<br />
thank Edna for all of her hard work and<br />
dedication over the years.<br />
We now have over 800 volunteers in the<br />
trust after welcoming over 70 volunteers<br />
last year to our HVS shop and meet and<br />
greet service in The Northumbria hospital.<br />
All profits from our HVS shops are used<br />
to support our patients. In 2015 the HVS<br />
gifted £332,504 to support a range of<br />
charitable initiatives.<br />
International<br />
Kawheri Northumbria! The trust recently said<br />
farewell to four medical students from Tanzania,<br />
Africa. The students from Kilimanjaro Christian<br />
Medical Centre were here for a medical elective<br />
placement organised by Professor Richard Walker.<br />
The programme, which has been running since<br />
2003, has enabled over 50 medical students from<br />
Tanzania to learn about UK healthcare services<br />
and practices. The placements are an exceptional<br />
opportunity for the students, enabling them to<br />
return to Tanzania with new ideas to help improve<br />
healthcare in their own country.<br />
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