Broomfield Hospital’s Neonatal Unit has received vital new equipment thanks to generous funding from the Friends at Broomfield Hospital. The charity has funded a new neonatal transport incubator, worth over £47,000. The additional incubator will play a crucial role in...

One of our Friends’, Penny, met 3 of the Clinical Specialist Nurses; Emerald Sekaran, Daniela Boteanu and Maria Franky and Admin Support; Jgo Naga Akumela from the Rheumatology team. The Friends’ were delighted to present some much needed items for the Rheumatology...

Members of the Friends’ met today with Consultants Vidya Thakur and Paul Fiadjoe - who are part of the Gynaecology Team - to see how our recent donation of £9,405 has been put to use. The donation was requested to fund the purchase of a ‘State of the Art Laparoscopy...

For 75 years, the Friends at Broomfield have been a vital part of Broomfield Hospital, raising funds to improve patient care and support staff. With over 50 dedicated volunteers running two hospital shops, they contributed a record-breaking £104,000 in 2024 alone....

The all adult wards were visited by members of The Friends together with the Voluntary Services Dept to distribute Christmas gifts to all patients who needed to stay in hospital over Christmas. The Friends were very proud to donate funding of £2,000 to support this...

The Friends’ donation of £4,030 has funded a Billigun Jaundice Meter which is being used by the Community Midwifery Team. Jodie Cummings-Sorrell, Midwifery Team Lead told us “Using the Billigun out in the community has meant so many babies have been able to stay with...

Jo Eves, Rehabilitation Lead (Intensive Care Unit), was able to take some time to meet with members of the Friends to demonstrate usage of the Activity Trollies funded by our recent donation of £711   Rehabilitation is a huge part of the patient journey whilst...

Members of the Friends’ met today with Jade, Moira and Jess (three of the Breast Clinical Nurse Specialists) to see how they have used our recent donations of £3,466 and £1,507, which were requested to fund two areas of additional seating within the unit.   On...

Members of the Friends met with Matron Harriet, Midwives Hope & Su, Therapy Assistant, Alex and MCA Emma… Seen here demonstrating how to use the equipment.   They explained that many ladies…. both pre and post childbirth will benefit from being able to use...

We are pleased to have donated £13,800 to the Manual Handling team which has funded 2 Hoverjacks. It was exciting for members of the Friends to meet with Manual Handling Advisors Bernadette & Scott and Falls Improvement Specialist Practitioner, Carrie for a...

The Friends are pleased to have funded these items which, added to the existing Neo-Natal unit equipment, means there is now a breast pump available for every new mum! We met with Jackie (Senior Sister) and Sandra (Unit Housekeeping) who told us how having this amount...

We have 4 wards specifically relating to ‘care of the elderly’ at Broomfield Hospital. The Friends are pleased to have committed to funding toiletries for each of these wards throughout 2024. We have already delivered the first 2 months … which have been gratefully...

The Friends are pleased to have provided funding of £4,344 for two more tilt chairs for Therapy Services. We asked Louise Panella, Lead Therapist, her opinion … she said …  “The 2 adjustable Milano chairs gifted by the Friends at Broomfield Hospital in March 2023 are...

Volunteers from the Friends at Broomfield are pictured here taking a look at the Mobile Phone charging station that has been installed in A&E. The charging station was presented to A&E and allows patients, visitors and staff to charge their mobile phones ‘free...

A delivery of twenty-five breast surgery care packs has been donated to the Breast Friends support group at Broomfield Hospital following funding of £1,536 from the Friends at Broomfield. £1,000 of this funding was received on behalf of one particular donor who...