Fundraising executive Laurence Morlaàs with Gavin English and acting chair David Thomason Picture: QEH Archant A widower has raised more than £50,000 for patients at a Norfolk hospital. Just before she lost her battle with cancer, Gavin English’s wife Frances asked him to sell her clothes to give something back to the Macmillan Cancer Care and Treatment Fund at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in King’s Lynn.Since then 81-year-old Mr English, who comes from Docking, has been selling clothes at car boot sales and running fund raising stalls at supermarkets.Acting Chair David Thomason has presented Gavin with a certificate to mark this incredible achievment.Mr English said: “To make this amount of money is incredible. The thing I am most proud of is that not a single penny goes on expenses or administration – it all goes to the hospital.“I am pleased to have raised more than £50,000 but I never set myself a target. I have noticed that the … [Read more...] about Widower raises £50,000 for Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn
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Long-serving nurse retires at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn
PUBLISHED: 08:46 30 October 2018 | UPDATED: 08:46 30 October 2018 Claire Roberts, centre, is wished well by chief nurse Emma Hardwick (left) and deputy chief nurse Val Newton Picture: QEH Archant A Nurse who has given more than 40 years of service to the NHS is hanging up her uniform to enjoy a well-earned retirement. Claire Roberts said a fond farewell to colleagues at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn..During her time at the QEH, Mrs Roberts had redesigned the Intensive Care Unit, created a liaison service and helped give young people with learning difficulties work experience opportunities.Speaking at her leaving presentation Mrs Roberts said: “It has been a huge privilege to be a nurse and spend my career in the NHS.“I have learned an enormous amount of working with people here and from looking after patients. I can’t say how much it has meant to work here with you all.”Mrs Roberts first began to care for patients while she worked as a … [Read more...] about Long-serving nurse retires at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn
Parking charges on King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital staff made £370,150 last year
Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital made hundreds of thousands of pounds by charging staff for parking last year, it has been revealed.Figures released by the NHS show the trust raked in £370,150 in the year to March from charges and penalty fines incurred by NHS workers parking across all its sites.NHS trusts across England made a combined total of almost £70 million from staff parking charges over the same period.Unite, a union which represents around 100,000 health workers, has slammed the “scandalous” figures, which it said amounted to a “tax on hard-pressed” employees.Sarah Carpenter, national officer for health at Unite, said: “We would like a situation where dedicated NHS staff, who don’t earn a fortune, don’t have to pay to park their cars to go to work to look after the sick, the vulnerable and the injured 365 days a year.”British Medical Association council chair, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, added that it was … [Read more...] about Parking charges on King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital staff made £370,150 last year
King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital bosses agree to increase temporary nurse numbers to address staff shortages
Officials at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital have agreed to increase its nurse agency staff in order to address its current shortfall in ward staffing.Members of the QEH's board of directors made the decision at a meeting on Tuesday, where they also agreed to close some beds in a flexible way, as a temporary solution to address a long-term shortage in nursing capacity.The board had four options to consider, no change to ward configuration – continue as is but increase the number of agency nurses contracted through the Thornbury agency, close a surgical ward (Marham), close a medical ward (Oxborough) or a hybrid of all of the options.They decided to combine options one and four, meaning that they will continue as they are currently are, but will reduce some elective capacity and some medical capacity when needed.Chief executive Jon Green said: "The board made the decision today being very conscious of maintaining safe levels and dignified levels of staffing on our emergency wards … [Read more...] about King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital bosses agree to increase temporary nurse numbers to address staff shortages
Warning as King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital ponders service cuts
Removing services would do significant long-term damage to Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), politicians and staff representatives fear.The warning comes as members of the QEH’s board prepare to consider proposals for short-term service suspensions, including halting elective surgery and cancer treatment at a meeting today.Papers published yesterday said urgent measures were needed to address a long-term shortage in nursing capacity, which had worsened during the summer.They suggested a temporary closure of the QEH’s Marham Ward, for up to six months, would be the most sustainable option to pursue without wider NHS support, though a combination of several measures is their preferred approach.But North West Norfolk MP Sir Henry Bellingham has said he will fight any attempt to halt those services.He stopped short of saying they represented a step towards the potential future downgrading of the hospital, but added: “You’re looking for short-term fixes, … [Read more...] about Warning as King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital ponders service cuts