Archive for December, 2010
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Friday, December 31st, 2010
Research Wishes Granted
One way in which QEHB Charity uses your donations to help patients is by providing research grants to staff working at the Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak hospitals.
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Friday, December 31st, 2010
Professor Keith Porter knighted in New Year’s Honours List
A consultant at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is to be knighted in the New Year’s Honours List for his services to the Armed Forces. Keith Porter, the UK’s only Professor of Clinical Traumatology, has been at the forefront of developing world-class treatment for injured military servicemen and women over the past 10 years. Professor Porter said: “It is a [...]
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
Karl Hinett prepares for marathon number 1 of 52 in 2011
Karl Hinett is preparing for his first of 52 marathons in 2011 to raise funds for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity. Karl’s amazing story has been picked up by national press and television following his appearance on British Forces News. You can watch a clip of Karl running outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham by clicking [...]
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
One Voice, Many Talented Singers
Staff and patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham were treated to a medley of songs performed by One Voice Community Singers recently. The choir, which is for adults with acquired brain injury (ABI), filled the hospital’s main entrance with a capella songs ranging from Christmas carols to African and Caribbean music sung in harmonies. Donations were [...]
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Blues Manager Plays Santa
Blues manager Alex McLeish spread Christmas cheer amongst staff and patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham by handing over a host of toys for the Emergency Department playroom.
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Friday, December 17th, 2010
Give Unwanted Christmas Gifts A Special Home!
A Quinton retiree who has raised over £40,000 for charity needs your help! Grace Leahy is asking for any unwanted Christmas gifts so she can raffle them off for cancer patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
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Thursday, December 9th, 2010
A Hotel Room Rate Even Scrooge Would Love!
The Radisson BLU Hotel in Birmingham has teamed up with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity to offer staff and patients at the Selly Oak and Queen Elizabeth hospitals a room rate even Scrooge would love.
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Patient’s Family Donates Tree For Hospital’s First Christmas
The family of a patient who passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital earlier this year have donated a Christmas tree in his memory.
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
Christmas Comes Early For Young People With Cancer
Christmas came early for young cancer patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital recently, thanks to a generous donation of treats from an Erdington-based fundraising group.
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
QEHB Charity Christmas Cards & Christmas Appeal 2010
Christmas is a time of giving and can also be a time where we consider those less fortunate than ourselves. This year, the QEHB Charity Christmas Appeal is in aid of children and young people with cancer being treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The QE is the largest paediatric radiotherapy centre in the UK outside of [...]
“The hospital charity provides those added extras that make a huge difference to the lives of military patients and their families. Thank you for your support”
Harry Wallace
Royal Centre for Defence Medicine staff nurse
