Archive for July, 2012
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Raising a cuppa to military patients
Shoppers and staff at Sainsbury’s Northfield store have raised £500 for injured troops at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB). The in-store collection provided funds for tea, coffee and soft drinks for the hospital’s military ward. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Henry Willis from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at QEHB said: “Everyone here really appreciates [...]
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Thursday, July 26th, 2012
College leavers celebrate with fundraiser
Staffordshire teenagers marked the end of their college education by raising £670 for young people with cancer. Nearly 300 students, family, friends and staff attended staff Denstone College Leavers Ball in Uttoxeter. As well as donating to collecting tins at the bar, attendees also raised money through fundraising party games. The Young Persons’ Unit (YPU) at the [...]
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
QEHB innovation wins national award
An innovative exercise device – designed to help QEHB military patients – has won a national competition. The winner of the Make it in Great Britain People’s Choice Award has today been named as Bedflex, a device designed to assist the recovery of amputees and critical care patients by allowing them to take part in bed-based [...]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
Apprentices rise to the challenge
Two out of three finalists in a nationwide competition are answering challenges set by Queen Elizabeth Birmingham Hospital Charity. We asked apprentices at BAE Systems to solve two challenges faced by our military patients. And now they are down to the final three in Make it in Great Britain’s People’s Choice award, a nationwide competition to seek [...]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
The Two Worlds of Charlie F on tour
The Two Worlds of Charlie F is a powerful and moving play showing a soldier’s view of service, injury and recovery. Moving from the war in Afghanistan, through the dream world of morphine-induced hallucinations to the physio rooms of Headley Court, the play explores the consequences of injury, both physical and psychological, and its effects on others [...]
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
Marching for Fisher House
A team of military personnel from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham are in Holland to march 100 miles over four days in the 96th International Four Day Marches in Nijmegen. The team are raising awareness and money in support of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity and especially the Fisher House project. This initiative will provide injured military personnel [...]
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
(At least) three ways to raise funds this weekend
Cyclists, walkers and runners are lining up to take part in an ‘anything goes’ race event to raise money for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity. More than 50 entrants will take part in Salford Priors 3, in Salford Priors near Evesham on Saturday July 21. The event incorporates a four -mile running and walking route [...]
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Thursday, July 12th, 2012
HM The Queen names QEHB
Her Majesty The Queen officially named the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) today (Thursday 12 July 2012) during her Diamond Jubilee Tour, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal couple visited the hospital as part of a two-day visit to the West Midlands. They were greeted by cheering, flag-waving crowds outside the main [...]
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Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Skydivers take to the skies
Three Resuscitation Officers from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham will be taking to the skies this weekend to raise funds for hospital patients. Team Resus – Tina Millward, Hannah Bryant and Mike Andrews – hope to raise at least £1,500 for the QEHB Charity. Their donation will be split between the Military Patients’ Fund and the [...]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Injured troop’s mum tells her story
The moving story of a loving mother is published today in Best Magazine. Diane Dernie is the mum – and full-time carer – of Lance Bombadier Ben Parkinson, the most severely wounded soldier to survive the fighting in Afghanistan. “They decided to bring him straight back to the UK to die,” she tells Best magazine, “Two days [...]
“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
