Published:
3:52 PM May 11, 2021
BHRUT chief executive Tony Chambers (l), an ambulance crew member, Mike Exford from the Red2Green team, deputy chief operating Officer Aleks Hammerton and chief nurse Kathryn Halford (r).
- Credit: BHRUT
A hospital charity has decided to buy three new ambulances for elderly patients using money raised by a national hero.
The King George and Queen’s Hospitals Charity will fund the ambulances with £390,000 it received from NHS Charities Together, the organisation for which Captain Sir Tom Moore raised over £33 million by walking laps of his garden.
It will spend a further £110,000 from general funds on the HomeFirst Scheme, where assessments for a patient’s rehabilitation, equipment and care takes place in their own home to give a “more accurate picture” of the level of support they require.