Volunteers from the Friends at Broomfield are pictured here taking a look at the Mobile Phone charging station that has been installed in A&E. The charging station was presented to A&E and allows patients, visitors and staff to charge their mobile phones ‘free...

Volunteer Marion Lee of the Friends at Broomfield experiencing the Northern Lights courtesy of the new VR headset which has been donated by the Friends to the Broomfield Anaesthetic Department. Awaiting their turn are Chairperson Alison Douglas and volunteer Alison...

Nine specialist breast feeding pumps have been funded via a donation of £12,600 from the wonderful Friends at Broomfield. The specialist grade pumps will benefit mums and babies receiving care and support from the Cleft lip and palate team at Broomfield Hospital....

One hundred and fifty pairs of supportive slippers have made their way to Broomfield’s Falls team for distribution to wards where patient falls are more prevalent. The ever-loyal and supportive Friends at Broomfield group has funded the latest supply of slippers....

Staff training is a really important aspect of delivering patient care. The Friends were pleased to award £2,330 to fund the Phacon Throat Assist. This is a ‘model head’ which is used in conjunction with a scope (camera) … and enables staff to be trained with...

The Friends at Broomfield Hospital recently awarded £4,200 to fund the ‘patient bedwarmers’. Pictured here are hospital staff with ladies from the Friends who visited the department to see how this equipment is helping patients …. Staff from the department kindly...

On the face of it, these chairs look like a fairly standard armchair. Then you look a bit closer … staff can easily manoeuvre them … they have a tilt function to gently change the patients position, a footrest and removable arm, back and seat pads to give the highest...

The Friends awarded a grant of £3,295 in November 2020 for the Physiotherapy Department Leg Press. This equipment helps with patients exercise and rehabilitation. “The Friends – Supporting your hospital, supporting you”

The Terrace was in need of new benches and chairs – which has been facilitated with the help of the Friends’ £3,495 donation in August 2021. “The Friends – Supporting your hospital, supporting you”

The Friends were again pleased to provide wrapped Christmas gifts this year for patients staying in hospital over Christmas. An £800 donation allowed us to do this in December 2021. “The Friends – Supporting your hospital, supporting you”

The refurbishment of the Pathology Department staff room has now been completed - thanks to the Friends’ donation of £7,500. It looks lovely and hopefully allows the staff a more pleasant rest area. “The Friends – Supporting your hospital, supporting you”

The Friends at Broomfield have donated a magnificent £50,000 to the robotic surgery appeal. The Friends, who run two shops at the hospital, made a special visit to Theatres to present a cheque and have a demonstration of the Da Vinci robot from surgeon Sri...

Parents Stuart and Carol Gosling have funded five new breast pumps and bottles for children born with cleft lip and palate thanks to generous donations including another £2,000 from the Friends at Broomfield.A cleft is a gap or split in the upper lip and/or the roof...

From Soap, Shampoo and Sheds to Bats, Shops and RobotsIn 1940 Broomfield Hospital was built as a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis patients, whose hospital stay could be anything between 6 months to about four years. Towards the end of the second world war...

Patients who are awaiting discharge from hospital can now benefit from improved surroundings thanks to charitable donations.On Monday, December 4, trust chairman Nick Alston, CBE, DL, attended an event to officially open the discharge lounge, alongside colleagues from...