Who is this mysterious super hero helping R Charity?
STAFF at the Royal Liverpool and
Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust will 'drop from the top' of the Royal
to raise money for R Charity and are encouraging as many people as possible to
join them in becoming 'hospital heroes'.
Directors, consultants, nurses and other staff from across the Trust will take
on Liverpool's biggest abseil and drop 200ft down the side of the Royal and
those taking part will be joined by an enigmatic superhero whose name will be
revealed soon...
The abseil is part of R Charity's New Royal Appeal to raise £10 million for
facilities in the new Royal, expected to be completed in 2017. The £10 million
fund will allow for some of the most up to date and innovative treatments and
equipment to be used in the new hospital, giving patients from Merseyside access
to some of the best care available in the UK.
Money raised will go towards improving a number of services in the new Royal
including new equipment to help in the detection and treatment of breast cancer
and specialist equipment to help treat and rehabilitate patients receiving
treatment following a stroke.
Funds will also go towards a family area for relatives visiting patients in
Critical Care, imaging equipment to help with early diagnosis of conditions such
as dementia and heart disease and towards improving the environment for patients
and visitors with gardens and artwork.
One group of six daring staff members, who are part of breast cancer services in
the Trust, are taking on the abseil to help raise money for the treatment of
breast cancer patients in the new Royal.
Geraldine Mitchell, consultant breast surgeon and one of the fundraisers taking
part in the abseil said:- "We thought we'd all give it a go together, as a
team, to make it a bit less daunting; but although no one has said, I think
we're all a little scared! The abseil and R Charity will raise money to allow us
to provide the best care possible in a new hospital that will be one of the best
in the country. We want to help raise as much as possible to make sure we can
give the people of Liverpool a hospital they can be proud of."
Another member of staff going over the top is medical director, Dr Peter
Williams. He said:- "I'm trying to encourage as many people as possible to
sign up. We want the new Royal to be known as the best hospital in the UK, but
we can only do this by providing the best equipment to our staff the highest
quality of facilities for our patients."
People have until Saturday 12 June to sign up to the abseil and raise at least
£65 sponsorship. No experience is needed and registration costs just £30, which
includes support from the R Charity team to help raise as much money as
possible. For more information and to sign up email Angela at:-
fundraising@rlbuht.nhs.uk.
