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SPRING/SUMMER 2021 At the heart of your care
Thank you for
supporting NHS
staff and patients at
Nottingham Hospitals
4 11 16
Read about our Long Covid Hike for your Hospitals this Become a Friend of
Research Appeal summer Nottingham Hospitals Charity
WELCOME THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
CONTENTS & WELCOME
SPECIAL APPEALS – TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE LIVES
CONTENTS
Special appeals – together
Welcome to the The past year has been like no other – for many, it has been difficult,
we can change lives Spring / Summer worrying and even lonely. But here at Nottingham Hospitals Charity we have
2021 edition of our been blown away by the extraordinary community spirit and goodwill shown
Thank you for your support.....................3
Pulse newsletter, towards our NHS, by our supporters across the county and the region.
Long Covid Research Appeal..................4 where you can
Baby MRI Appeal update.........................5 find out how your We’d like to thank each and every for our hardworking NHS staff, your
support is helping one of our fundraisers and donors support has been phenomenal.
What you have made possible
for the tremendous support you have
How your donations have helped....... 6-7 staff and patients Thank you for bringing hope and
shown towards staff and patients at
How you can help........................8-9 at Nottingham Hospitals. happiness to our staff and our patients
Nottingham Hospitals throughout the
Get involved!........................................ 8-9 I’d like to take this opportunity to thank pandemic. From donations of food and during an extremely challenging period.
everyone who has supported their local toiletries at the start of the pandemic, Read on to find out some of the ways
Your health and wellbeing........... 10 NHS during this difficult time. We’ve
to fantastic fundraising efforts in order in which your support has made a real
Hike for your Hospitals................ 11 been astounded by the generosity of our
supporters who, over the past year, have to raise money for wellbeing facilities difference at our hospitals.
Latest News come together to help our NHS hospitals.
Nottingham Forest partnership...........12
Brainwave monitors..............................13
On page 4 you can read about our new
appeal to help fund research into Long
Fundraising Hall of Fame.......14-15 Covid. With one in five Covid-19 sufferers
Become a Nottingham Hospitals going on to develop long-term symptoms,
Charity Friend!............................. 16 we felt it was important to support the
research into treating this condition,
which is taking place right here in
Nottingham.
GET IN TOUCH On pages 6 and 7 you can read about
some of the other areas of our hospitals
Call us on 0115 962 7905 which you have helped to support over
the past year, including Hayward House
Email charity@nuh.nhs.uk palliative care centre and Nottingham
Address Nottingham Hospitals Charity, Children’s Hospital.
2 Embley Road, North Road, City There are a whole host of ways you can
Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1RE continue to support your local NHS
Facebook NottinghamHospitalsCharity hospitals. On pages 8 and 9 you can find
Twitter @NUHCharity out about our fundraising events, such
#Here4Nottingham as our skydive and QMC Abseil – and for
those who don’t have a head for heights,
Instagram @NUH_Charity how about taking on our Hike for your
#Here4Nottingham Hospitals challenge? You can read all
www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk about it on page 11.
I hope you enjoy reading this issue
of Pulse. Thank you once again for
supporting Nottingham Hospitals Charity.
At the heart of your care
Barbara Cathcart
Chief Executive
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LONG COVID RESEARCH APPEAL
Ian Pointer, a Royal Mail postman in He is now backing the Charity’s Long
SPECIAL APPEALS – TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE LIVES
SPECIAL APPEALS – TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE LIVES
Nottinghamshire, was hospitalised Covid Research Appeal, and says: “I
with Covid-19 in March 2020. He was think the more information we get,
SUPPORT GROUND-BREAKING
rushed to the QMC by ambulance after the better we will understand and be
RESEARCH IN NOTTINGHAM
struggling to breathe at home and was able to help Covid sufferers who may
ventilated and placed in an induced experience different symptoms and
coma for four weeks, during which time needs. Currently there’s a broad-brush
his kidneys failed and he developed approach when dealing with Covid
Researchers at Nottingham’s hospitals have begun a ground- septicaemia. suffers, because we still don’t truly
breaking study into the debilitating effects of Long Covid, understand it yet.”
After a long and difficult battle with
and we’ve launched our Long Covid Research Appeal, with a the virus Ian returned home, but
bid to raise £50,000 to help fund the work. has continued to suffer Long Covid
symptoms such as fatigue, lethargy
and mood swings.
Research is being led by a team of With one in five Covid-19 sufferers
experts here in Nottingham, who experiencing Long Covid symptoms Ian explained: “When I was
will use laboratory techniques and four weeks after an initial infection has discharged from hospital I thought I
equipment including MRI to investigate passed, such as fatigue, chest pain, was over the worst of it and I could get After a fantastic amount of
back to normal, but far from it. The loss support for our Baby MRI Appeal,
Long Covid symptoms such as memory loss and depression, more
which launched last year, we have
breathlessness and muscle fatigue. research into the treatment of the of physical fitness is one thing, but the
increased our fundraising target
condition is vital. mental health issues, mood swings, the from £100,000 to £200,000, to
Results of the research will be shared
inability to let small things go, the lack enable us to fund several sets of
nationally to help improve treatment
of interest in things – these are things baby MRI equipment.
for patients experiencing Long Covid
that are new to me.” This will mean we can fund
symptoms across the UK. Money raised
through the charity appeal will be used Ian’s health is slowly improving, equipment at both the City
to help fund a dedicated Long Covid over one year on from contracting Hospital and Queen’s Medical
Research Fellow, as well as state-of- Centre Neonatal Units, rather
Covid-19, but his fitness and than one set being transported
the-art equipment to aid the team’s mental wellbeing have still not between sites. The technology
work. returned to their previous state. will include special head coils
to fit in the babies’ incubators,
He said: “I can run upstairs
and software to cut scanning
now without spending time from 30 to 15 minutes. The
an hour sitting down ultimate aim is to make MRI
afterwards, but I think it’s the scans quicker and safer for our
lack of get-up-and-go that I tiniest patients.
have noticed, I just feel like doing To support our appeal
nothing.” please visit www.nottingham
hospitalscharity.org.uk or use
While Ian was in hospital, his the donation form inside Pulse.
colleagues at Royal Mail raised money Thank you so much to everyone
for Nottingham Hospitals Charity, to who has supported this appeal
support the NHS staff who were caring so far.
Picture above: Ian Pointer for patients like Ian.
For more information about the appeal or to make a donation, please visit
www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/longcovid or use the donation form at the
back of Pulse.
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WHAT YOU HAVE MADE POSSIBLE
WHAT YOU HAVE MADE POSSIBLE
HOW YOUR DONATIONS HAVE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
HELPED NOTTINGHAM’S HOSPITALS If you’d like to make a donation, set up a regular gift or leave a gift
With your help we are able to give around £4 million each year to fund lifesaving
equipment, ground-breaking research and environmental enhancements to in your Will to any of these areas, please call us on 0115 962 7905
help patients at Nottingham’s hospitals. Here are some of the projects you have or email charity@nuh.nhs.uk
helped us fund across all areas of your local hospitals.
£1,000,000 £300,000 £1,600,000 £220,000
Nursing excellence End of life care Nottingham Medical research
• Over the past three years we • Every year we help to provide Children’s Hospital • Over the past year, we gave
have given over £1 million services such as counselling, more than £220,000 towards
• Thanks to our donors, our Big
towards our hospitals’ journey to art therapy and complementary iMRI Appeal reached its £1.6 vital medical research projects
nursing excellence. As a result, therapy for terminally ill patients million target, enabling the at Nottingham Hospitals. This
Nottingham City Hospital has now and their families at Hayward hospital to purchase an intra- helped fund studies into the
become the first hospital in the UK House palliative care centre. operative MRI scanner to use diagnosis and treatment of a
to receive Magnet® Recognition. Thanks to your donations, during children’s brain tumour variety of conditions, including
This special accreditation means we are able to provide these surgery. The machine allows breast, ovarian and prostate
that City Hospital is now globally extra services that make a real surgeons to operate more cancer, leukaemia, diabetes
recognised for providing world- difference to patients and their accurately, minimising the risk and osteoporosis. Thank you to
class nursing care and leadership. loved ones at a difficult time. of patients needing further our supporters for making this
We are extremely proud to have surgery. This was made possible possible
supported the hospital throughout thanks to the generosity of local
its journey to achieving this highly families, community groups and
esteemed accreditation. businesses, including Mowgli
Street Food, who donated an
incredible £31,134 to the appeal.
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GET INVOLVED!
HOW YOU CAN HELP
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Sign up for any of our events online at
We’ve got a whole host of events you can get involved in to raise www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/events
money for Nottingham’s hospitals. Whether you’re a runner, or for more information call us on 0115 962 7905 or email
a daredevil, or you just fancy doing your own thing, we’ve got charity@nuh.nhs.uk
something to suit you.
CHARITY BIG QMC ROBIN HOOD DO YOUR OWN
SKYDIVE ABSEIL HALF AND MINI THING!
Saturday 15th May 2021 Saturday 18th September 2021 MARATHON Hold your own event at a time and
Sunday 26th September 2021 place to suit you – such as a virtual
Leap into spring by taking part A unique opportunity to get a coffee morning with family or
in our Charity Skydive! Join our panoramic view as you prepare to friends, or a dress down or dress up
team of daredevils for this tandem abseil almost 100ft down the side Take part in Nottingham’s biggest
running event in support of your day at work or school. Whatever you
skydive at Langar Airfield in of one of the UK’s largest hospitals! choose to do, our friendly team is on
Nottinghamshire, and jump out of Face your fears to raise money for local hospitals. Take on the half
marathon, mini marathon or hand to offer ideas and advice.
a plane at 10,000 feet! This is your whichever area of Nottingham’s
chance to take a once-in-a-lifetime hospitals is closest to your heart. family-friendly mile challenge and To receive a fundraising pack or
leap in support of patients and staff enjoy the sights and sounds of our chat to a member of our team, give
at Nottingham Hospitals. Find out more and sign up at beautiful city. Get in touch today for us a call on 0115 962 7905 or email
www.nottinghamhospitalscharity. your fundraising pack! charity@nuh.nhs.uk
Find out more and sign up at org.uk/events
www.nottinghamhospitalscharity. Find out more and sign up at
org.uk/events www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.
org.uk/events
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HIKE
YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING
HIKE FOR YOUR HOSPITALS
WALK, STROLL
OR HIKE YOUR
WAY TO SUPPORT
NOTTINGHAM
HOSPITALS THIS
SUMMER!
Sign up to Hike for your Hospitals, our version of a
sponsored walk, in aid of Nottingham Hospitals Charity.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Hike for your Hospitals is family-friendly and flexible. You can choose your
The past year has been difficult for all of us, and many of us will challenge, your schedule and your distance, and set your own fundraising target.
have felt the impact of the pandemic and lockdowns on both our You might prefer to do a one-off hike with your family, or perhaps a longer-term
physical and mental health. challenge, completing shorter distances every day for a month.
It’s important to remember to look after both our physical health and our You can hike for whichever hospital
emotional wellbeing at this challenging time. We spoke to our NUH Staff area or department is closest to your
Wellbeing team for some tips on taking care of your physical and emotional heart. However much you raise,
health from home. your support will make a real
difference to patient care at
Nottingham’s hospitals.
EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING TIPS
•M
ental wellbeing and physical •T
ake care of your basic physical
wellbeing are connected – looking needs – stay hydrated, get enough
after both is important rest, and try to eat healthily
• It is normal to feel anxious, •S
tay active – take outdoor walks if
emotional and stressed in the you can
current situation – be kind to
•T
ry an online fitness or yoga class
yourself, and patient with others
to keep you fit and active, and also
•S
tay connected with your loved ones help your mental wellbeing
digitally
•T
ry breathing exercises to calm a
racing mind
Did you know that the Staff Wellbeing team is supported by Nottingham Hospitals
Charity? If you’d like to make a donation to support the team, please use the donation
form in Pulse, call us on 0115 962 7905 or donate online at Find out more and register at www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/
www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk hikeforyourhospitals
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A BIG WIN FOR BRAINWAVE MONITORS TO
LATEST NEWS
LATEST NEWS
HELP DURING SURGERY ON
NOTTINGHAM HOSPITALS! THE YOUNG AND OLD
We’re delighted to announce that Thanks to our supporters, we’ve been able to fund six advanced brainwave
Nottingham Hospitals Charity is monitors to help ensure babies and elderly patients receive the optimal
partnering with Nottingham Forest dose of anaesthetic during surgery.
Community Trust, to support our The Narcotrend brain function monitors known as ‘Depth of Anaesthesia
city’s mental health. can also help these patients wake up monitoring.’
quicker after their operations, reducing
Bringing the football community and the “We anticipate the monitors will be used
city’s NHS hospitals together, we will Barbara Cathcart, Chief Executive the risks of confusion or delirium when
during more than 2,000 operations a
work together to raise money for local of Nottingham Hospitals Charity, recovering from anaesthetic. year – allowing brain monitoring during
healthcare initiatives in Nottingham. said: “Nottingham is home to major surgical cases at the extremes
The monitors use an algorithm
both sporting excellence and a designed to interpret brain activity of age, keeping our hospitals at the
Nottingham Forest Community Trust magnificent NHS, so it is fitting and provide real-time information of a forefront of brain monitoring during
(NFCT) was established in 2010
that the two have come together to patient’s brainwaves – indicating when general anaesthesia.”
and aims to engage, inspire and
support our local community. I am the patient has the ideal brainwave
empower the people of Nottingham The monitors can also be used on
and Nottinghamshire to live happier, really looking forward to launching pattern for surgery. This enables children who are developmentally
healthier and more fulfilling lives. our first fundraising campaign medical staff to see precisely how much delayed and some preterm babies who
together and getting the whole of anaesthetic an individual patient needs. have immature brains – these are only
We’re currently working with the NFCT Nottingham on our side to help devices which can be used on these
on our exciting fundraising plans for Dr Mark Barley, Consultant Anaesthetist
fund crucial health projects.” young and vulnerable patients.
2021. at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS
Trust, said: “NUH are national leaders Thank you for your support, which has
Follow us on Facebook @NottinghamHospitalsCharity and Twitter @NUHCharity in the clinical use of this technology, made this possible.
to find out more about the partnership and how you can get involved!
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ights Mile
FUNDRAISING HALL OF FAME
FUNDRAISING HALL OF FAME
Reaching new He MICHAEL WARRINER Going the Extra BEN SHARMAN
Michael bravely took on a skydive to
AND LUKE COWLEN
raise money for the children’s cancer Ben and Luke took on an enormous
ward at Nottingham Children’s 14-hour, 40-mile trek from, Stamford to
Hospital, where his three-year-old the QMC, in support of the Major Trauma
son Archie is being treated for liver Centre. The walk was particularly poignant
cancer. Well done Michael! for Ben who suffered a near-fatal accident
in October 2019. The pair raised over £1,400
to thank staff at the QMC for their care.
Staff Superstar Pedalling for Po
SARAH BRAY KAILASH RAO unds
Sarah is a senior Staff The amazing Kailash cycled
Nurse at the Neonatal Unit from Tollerton to QMC to
at the City Hospital, and raise money for Nottingham
won Nottinghamshire Live’s Hospitals Charity. Through his
Healthcare Hero award determination he has raised an
in 2020 for her incredible incredible £1,400, and we are
fundraising efforts during all super proud of his amazing
the coronavirus pandemic! achievement. Well done Kailash!
Doing in it Sty le CAITLIN DAVIDSON Young Megastars ALEXIS AND LOUIS HINTON
We love supporters who Twins Alexis and Louis were cared for at
fundraise and look good the City Hospital Neonatal Unit after being
doing it! Caitlin cycled, skated born more than 11 weeks early. To mark
and scooted throughout the their second birthday, in August 2020, the
summer in support of our boys walked a total of ten miles and raised
Help your Hospital Heroes £765 for our Baby MRI Appeal, to thank the
appeal, raising a fantastic Neonatal staff for the care they received.
£325. Thank you! Amazing, well done Alex and Louis!
DAWN PETERS Bald and Brave COXMOOR GOLF CLUB Stronger Togeth
er
Due to the pandemic, Dawn’s hair was the Thank you to members of Coxmoor Golf
longest it had ever been! She braved the shave Club, who chose us as their Charity of
in recognition of the amazing work of the Stroke the Year in 2020. Captains Susan and
Services at Nottingham Hospitals, where Dawn’s Nigel, along with other members of the
late father-in-law was treated after suffering club, raised money for Hogarth Ward
several strokes. She raised an amazing £875 to at City Hospital throughout the year.
thank them for their care. Well done Dawn! Thank you so much for your support.
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Join
and support patients across our hospitals
Do you want to say thank you to Nottingham’s NHS hospitals, and feel
closer to the staff, patients and wider hospital community? Become a
Friend of Nottingham Hospitals Charity today, and your support will
help make a positive long term impact on patient care in your local
hospitals.
A regular monthly donation to the hospital area closest to your heart will help us:
• initiate a greater number of medical research projects
• f und additional specialist equipment to help improve diagnosis, treatment and
recovery
• provide even more comfortable new facilities for patients and their families
• say ‘thank you’ to NHS staff and clinicians who care for us
As a Friend of Nottingham
Hospitals Charity, you will
receive an exclusive Friends
welcome pack, including a
special Friends badge, an
official Friends certificate,
invitations to behind-the-
scenes events and of
Scan this code
course, plenty of updates to find out more
about the difference you
are making to patients, their
families, and NHS staff.
To become a Friend of
Nottingham Hospitals Charity, visit
nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/
friends or to request a
Friends information pack, contact
Sian.Anderson@nuh.nhs.uk.
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