News from the Friends
The Friends2shop is bursting with Christmas gifts, decorations & festive cards!
The weather outside is frightful…but the Friends2shop is so delightful…and is bursting with Christmas gifts, decorations & festive cards. Avoid the crowds and pick up some Christmas cheer at the Friends2shop in the atrium “The Friends – Supporting your hospital,...
Broomfield Hospital Open and Fun Day – 8th August 2015
Join us on Saturday the 8th August from 11am to 4pm for a great fun day out! Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 7ET Prizes to be won: HD TV, Event Tickets, iPads and much more! Don’t miss a guest appearance from Elsa from Frozen! With our Dinosaur Experience,...
Essex Police Choir are proud to have Friends at Broomfield Hospital as one of it’s two chosen charities for 2015
The more money raised, the more gets donated so please come along and support the Essex Police Choir at the following events this year. 24th October 2015 – 7.30pm The Annual Concert Held at Chelmsford Cathedral This event is going to be huge! With the Essex Police...
Tea, Cake and lots of fun.
Some great photos of the tea and cake stall the Friends ran for the recent Fun Day at Broomfield Hospital. “The Friends – Supporting your hospital, supporting you”
Donation means patients receiving chemotherapy can benefit from free holistic treatments.
Patients having chemotherapy at Broomfield Hospital’s cancer care unit will be able to have the continuing benefit of reflexology treatment, thanks to a donation from the Friends at Broomfield Hospital. The Friends, a group of volunteers dedicated to improving...
Sharon Comben running the London Marathon to raise funds to help patients with dementia.
Broomfield Hospital’s audiology manager Sharon Comben will be running in the London Marathon for the first time to raise funds for the Friends at Broomfield Hospital’s project to help patients with dementia. Sharon, 36, from Chelmsford, will be the first ever marathon...
New piano for the faith centre!
The chaplaincy were thrilled to take delivery of a brand new digital piano, thanks to a substantial grant from the Friends at Broomfield. The piano arrived in time for the Carol Service in December, to accompany over 50 members of staff and patients carolling their...
New Verifit Scanner donated by the Friends
Children needing checks for hearing problems are to have a better service in the community, thanks to a special new portable scanner being taken out on the road by staff from Broomfield Hospital’s paediatric audioolgy department. The equipment, a Verirfit Scanner, has...
Sharon Comden Running London Marathon for Dementia
Help Sharon raise much needed funds to help patients with Dementia, make a donation today. You can help support Sharon today by visiting – http://www.justgiving.com/Sharon-Stern1 “The Friends – Supporting your hospital, supporting you”
The Friends at Broomfield support dementia care.
It is often the case that patients with dementia arrive at hospital with no toiletries. To ensure our patients have the necessary items to maintain comfort and dignity, volunteers from the Friends at Broomfield have kindly provided over 75 toiletry bags, suitable for...
FAB volunteers see how their donations make a difference!
Volunteers from the Friends at Broomfield recently had the opportunity to see how their latest significant donation is improving patient care by testing the new Videofluoroscopy chair, purchased by the Speech and Language team. The specialist chair is used when a...
New ECG Machine Donated to the Lister Ward
A new ECG machine which will help speed up the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions has been handed over to Broomfield Hospital’s Lister Ward by the Friends at Broomfield Hospital. Members of the Friends, who raise funds for equipment and facilities for...
A new partner, providing support and prizes to the Friends.
Elite Tickets has been providing excursions and short breaks to customers in the mid Essex area for the past 14 years. We are please to announce a new and exciting partnership with Elite Tickets to provide support and prizes to the Friends. From the very beginning...
The Friends contribute £3,558 towards much needed Bladder Scanner
PATIENTS at Broomfield Hospital needing bladder scans will have a faster and more efficient service, following the presentation of new equipment to the urology department by Friends at Broomfield Hospital. The group, formerly called the League of Friends, have...
“Go British” Event & Fashion Show raises over £500.
A “Go British” event which included a fabulous fashion show at Chelmsford Star Co-op’s Quadrant store in Chelmsford has resulted in a £560 donation for Friends at Broomfield Hospital. The special evening attracted more than 100 people and the highlight was the fashion...
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