League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital

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RACING TO A GREAT FUNDRAISING TOTAL - League of Friends Musgrove Park The League of Friends of Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has raised almost £1,000 from the final race of the season at Taunton Racecourse. The course generously dedicated one of the seven races of the evening to the League and allowed the charity to collect donations on the night. And by the end ...

****PLEASE NOTE**** Sorry but this event has been postponed until November. Anyone who has bought tickets can request a refund (please refer to your booking) or retain the tickets for the rescheduled gig in November. Thank you for your support.

Get your tickets now and enjoy a wonderful evening of live music 🎸 whilst supporting the League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital Robotic Surgery campaign.

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Get your tickets now and enjoy a wonderful evening of live music 🎸 whilst supporting the League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital Robotic Surgery campaign.

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Clinton takes over a league’s President - Around Wellington The man who has led the League of Friends of Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton for the past 25 years is stepping down. Dr Chris Cutting, a former Accident and Emergency Consultant, says it is time for someone new at the helm. Well-known Wellington figure Clinton Rogers, who was the BBC’s correspon...

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Charity's hospital fundraising helped by 'huge impact' of legacies Musgrove Park's hospital charity says legacies have helped fund vital equipment like surgical robots.

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LEGACIES MAKE A HUGE IMPACT
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In another first for Musgrove Park, the hospital has become the first in the south west to offer a new state-of-the-art treatment – this time, for patients with an enlarged prostate.

An enlarged prostate is a very common problem in patients over 50, and usually involves a more invasive treatment.

The new, innovative surgical procedure being used by our colleagues at Musgrove is called Rezum, a very simple procedure, which takes less than 20 minutes in total. Overall, it’s more comfortable and has a quicker recovery time – so much better for our patients!

Our thanks must go to the hospital’s League of Friends for funding the machine. The feedback from our patients treated so far has been very positive, and it’s great to be able to offer this minimally invasive option through the NHS 💙

If you want to hear about how Rezum works in more detail, one of our consultant urologists explains it all, here: https://bit.ly/40OUlkp

Did you know, it’s not just Musgrove Park and Yeovil hospitals that can perform surgery? For the last 20 years, our theatres at Minehead Hospital have been used to carry out lots of different types of day surgery.

From orthopaedic wrist and hand operations, to podiatric surgery for feet and ankles, the wonderful team at Minehead have been offering day case surgeries to help care for patients closer to their homes.

The team has recently been given a new laminar airflow system – a system that takes small bacteria particles out of the air, reducing the chance of infection – which gives them more scope to perform more complex surgeries. So now, even more patients will get the opportunity to be cared for in their local hospital!

Thank you to the hospital’s League of Friends for this donation 💙

Help League of Friends to boost revolutionary surgery at Musgrove Park Hospital!

You can buy tickets to this event at Mr Miles!

Newly-named robot earning its keep at Musgrove Park Hospital The latest robotic technology at Musgrove Park Hospital, in Taunton, is being kept busy – and now has a name.

PLEASE HELP BOOST REVOLUTIONARY SURGERY AT MUSGROVE

A new public appeal has been launched by the League of Friends of Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton to support revolutionary new robotic surgery.

Earlier this year the League committed £1.5 million to the hospital to buy a robotic surgery console, to enable surgeons across different disciplines to perform more intricate, less invasive surgery. The first operation has already taken place at Musgrove.

Now the League of Friends is trying to raise an additional £100,000 to buy a specialist operating table to support robotic surgery.

Find out more > https://www.leagueoffriendsmusgrovepark.co.uk/news/please-help-boost-revolutionary-surgery-at-musgrove

Make a donation > https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/robot

There are still some tickets available for our Charity Event on
Thursday 29th June in aid of Musgrove League of Friends and The MS Society.

The evening will include fizz on arrival, delicious food, live entertainment and a raffle.
Tickets £30 per person

Delicious burgers and fries by Eat The Bird

Entertainment by Dennis Demille and Marvin Muoneke
(as seen on Britains Got Talent)

Charity raffle with some excellent prizes including an Afternoon Tea Party with Prosecco for 8 people at Mr Miles!

There will be a paid bar available with all proceeds of the evening going towards our chosen charities

To book your tickets please call us on 01823 322288

Join us for a night of giving back and making a difference at our charity event! We're raising funds for the League of Friends of Musgrove Park Hospital and the MS Society, two organizations dedicated to improving the lives of those in need. With delicious food, great music, and exciting raffle, it's sure to be a night to remember. Your support will help us make a real impact on the community and bring hope to those who need it most. Let's come together for a great cause and make a positive change!

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FOR TICKETS:
call - 01823 322288 or visit - Mr Miles Tearoom

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LEAGUE OF FRIENDS GIVES £1.5m TO MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL.

LEAGUE OF FRIENDS GIVES £1.5m TO MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL - League of Friends Musgrove Park Surgeons at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (FT) are set to begin using robotic surgery for the first time in Somerset – thanks to a £1.5 million commitment from the Musgrove Park Hospital League of Friends The money will buy a da Vinci Xi surgical system, which will enable surgeons at the hospital...

GENEROUS DONATION FROM TAYLOR WIMPEY

The dementia and delirium team at Musgrove are delighted to be equipped with their bright yellow ‘tool kits’, courtesy of a generous donation to the League of Friends by housing developers, Taylor Wimpey.

Packed with dementia friendly activities and assessment aids, theses tool kits will enable Becky Furze, the dementia nurse specialist and the Dementia and Delirium Team support workers, Covi Garcia, Emily Hitchens and Amy Baldwin to be able to attend referrals from the wards without delay thus speeding up the process of assessment and diagnosis.

The team were thrilled with the bags and thanked Taylor Wimpey for this much appreciated resource that will make such a difference to their work.

At any one time, the team have between 40 and 50 referrals on their list. In September, over a four week period, Musgrove took part in a national audit of dementia looking at all admissions over the age of 55. Of the 1470 patients admitted to Musgrove, 169 had dementia, either diagnosed or undiagnosed.

We are starting our ward trolley service again soon after a two year break due to Covid, it will be selling items from the Shop (sweets, toiletries, magazines etc).

We are looking for volunteers to help us, 🤩 the trolley service will be on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2pm if you can help please call Tina on 01823 342394 or email her on [email protected].

RIP Queen Elizabeth II 🇬🇧

Following a lunch held at Taunton Racecourse at the end of June, Carol Waterman-Smith, on behalf of the League of Friends was delighted to receive a cheque for £2000 from Peter Renshaw, on behalf of the Rotary Club of Taunton. Peter Renshaw is the outgoing President of the Rotary Club of Taunton.

This generous donation deserves particular recognition because of the link between the two organisations as it was the Rotary Club of Taunton that formed the League of Friends in March 1959. The donation will go towards funding the League's donations to the hospital agreed for this year.

League of Friends gives £500,000 to Musgrove Park

Thanks to donations and legacies, the League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital has recently been able to support requests from the hospital for equipment and developments at Musgrove Park totalling half a million pounds.

Chairman of the League of Friends, Peter Renshaw, said that donations from the public and legacies during the year have enabled the League of Friends to fund a Spinal Table in Orthopaedics, Imaging in Urology to diagnose and treat prostate problems plus grants for the new Macular Treatment Centre

The funding will enable Musgrove Park Hospital to purchase state of the art equipment benefitting patients and staff

The League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital is run by volunteers , thereby ensuring all donations and legacies are used to support the hospital. Peter also thanked the many organisations that had raised funds for the League of Friends during the year.

Assistant Manager Vacancy at the League of Friends Shop

Are you or do you know anyone who might be interested in a part time assistant manager role at the Musgrove Park Hospital League of Friends shop?

The role involves 26.25 hours over three days. Retail experience is preferred, but not essential, and the person must be good working on their own and with a small team.

Please send a covering letter and CV to shop manager Jackie Booth, [email protected].

Hedgehogs with a surprise! 🦔

Pat Wyatt who volunteers in the Shop at Musgrove Park Hospital and is a member of Taunton Inner Wheel has been making Easter gifts with a difference - hedgehogs with a chocolate egg hidden in their bottoms. At £1.25 each, they are selling like ‘hot hedgehogs’ so don’t delay if you want to give a prickly treat for Easter!

Happy New Year, wishing you all the best for 2022.

Time for a lie down 😂

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Platinum Skies donation
The Platinum Skies development near the Library in Taunton has chosen the League of Friends as one of its two local charities to support this year. They have kindly donated £500 to buy dementia friendly games and activities. We hope to have a photo opportunity soon to show their generous gifts in use on the wards.

GET SET, BAKE!
We have been really touched by a gesture from a group of bakers in the six Polden villages (Ashcott, Burtle, Catcott, Chilton Polden, Edington and Shapwick) who are going to bring cakes into the Shop every Thursday for sixteen weeks which Jackie will then arrange to deliver to four departments and wards each week, starting on the 25 November. It is their thank you to the staff at Musgrove for the care they will give to patients during the challenging winter to come. An amazing gesture which is going to be so much appreciated by staff. Thank you bakers! 🍰🧁

Musgrove Park’s Bracken birthing centre declared officially open

The League of Friends at Musgrove Park joined with hospitals midwives on Friday 5 November to declare the new Bracken Birthing Centre officially open.

During the COVID-19 pandemic the centre underwent a £300k upgrade, funded by the League of Friends, to give parents-to-be in Taunton and Somerset access to modern, state-of-the-art birthing facilities.

It was thanks to a unique Toad Trail fundraising campaign run by the hospital’s League of Friends in the summer of 2019 that captured the imagination of people in Taunton and the surrounding area.

The Toad Trail raised £50,000 with a further £250,000 coming from legacy donations left to the League of Friends for the benefit of patients.

Read more about it here: https://www.leagueoffriendsmusgrovepark.co.uk/events/bracken-birthing-centre-officially-opens