IN BRIEF
AS FRESH AS A DAISY
- WIRRAL HOSPICE ST
JOHNS SUMMER CAMPAIGN
Now in its fourth year, Wirral Hospice St John’s Summer
Memories campaign flower is a beautiful daisy.
Visit the hospice to see bright yellow wheelbarrows filled with vibrant
displays of these wonderful flowers. There are now four different
flowers to collect.
Julia Evans, Fundraising Development Manager at the hospice and
Rachel, a nurse on the Inpatients Ward are pictured with the growing
selection.
Each flower is made from high quality materials created to withstand
the Great British weather and come with a small tag on which a
message can be written.
Julia said “We would like to thank our local community for their
loyalty and continuing support. We’ve already had a great response to
the campaign and have received lovely comments on how beautiful
this year’s daisies look when placed next to the previous years’ flowers
in our supporters’ gardens and homes”.
All funds raised from this summer campaign will help Wirral Hospice
St John’s to continue to provide its compassionate care and specialist
support to patients and their loved ones. This year’s campaign has
been kindly sponsored by Waterworld Ltd.
To buy a daisy, rose, sunflower or forget-me-not from the display
please call Wirral Hospice St John’s Fundraising Office on 0151 343
0778 or visit www.wirralhospice.org to make a donation online.
Flowers are priced at a minimum donation of £5.00 per flower and
can be collected from the Fundraising Office at the hospice or they
can be posted out directly if requested.
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SPIRE MURRAYFIELD
HOSPITAL HELPS SIX OF ITS
TEAM LAUNCH REGISTERED
NURSING CAREERS
Spire Murrayfield Hospital, Wirral is supporting six of
its Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) with their ambitions
to become Registered Nurses by enrolling them on the
RN degree apprenticeship programme and paying for all
their training.
Chloe Hodson, Laura Eastwood, Alan Armstrong, Helen Jones,
Hannah Speed and Sally-Ann New are all taking up the opportunity
to progress their careers after working as HCAs at Spire Murrayfield
Hospital. Chloe was one of the first candidates to be selected for the
apprenticeship programme and all the candidates will undertake this
programme at Buckinghamshire New University. Chloe started her
career with Spire Murrayfield as a student nurse two years ago. She
commenced the RN degree apprenticeship programme in March
and because of her previous experience only has to complete two
years of further training. Laura, Alan, Hannah, Helen and Sally-Ann,
who have all undertaken ward-based HCA apprenticeships at Spire
Murrayfield, are now due to start their three-year RN apprenticeship
programmes in October, with Hannah, Helen and Sally-Ann currently
in the final selection stages. Spire Murrayfield is fully funding the RN
apprenticeship programme for all six candidates.
Carolyn Warren, Clinical Education Lead at Spire Murrayfield Hospital
said: “Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral is committed to providing the
best care to its patients. We recognise that the best way for us to do this
is by investing in the development of our people. All six candidates
have shown great promise and we are delighted to be able to fund the
next stage of their careers. There is a well-publicised nursing shortage
in Britain at present, so it’s important to us that we do all we can to
support the next generation of nursing talent.”
All of the candidates were required to go through a stringent interview
process before winning their places on the RN apprenticeship
programme. They will spend time at university but also complete work
placements – mainly at Spire hospitals and across other health care
settings.