Pictured is 10-year old Olivia, daughter of Theatre Staff Nurse, Laura McGregor.
The first delivery of goodies arriving from the money raised from the T-shirts. Pictured receiving them, is Trish Purfitt (left), Catering Manager, from Diane Tudor, wife of John Tudor.
Businessman who ‘owes life to the NHS’ comes up with unique way to support SaTH A businessman who “owes his life to the NHS” has come up with a unique way of raising money to help boost our morale.
batteries, gather their thoughts and help themselves to something to eat, drink or make them feel better.
been diagnosed with a gut infection that caused serious failings to my kidneys and liver.
John Tudor, the Joint Managing Director of Access Cover in Rugeley, has had hundreds of bright yellow T-shirts made with the slogan ‘We Love Our NHS Heroes’ on the front and is selling them to stock the Staff Wellbeing Rooms at RSH and PRH.
John, who spent eight-days in RSH after falling seriously ill while on holiday in Tenerife in February, said: “Having experienced first-hand how wonderful the doctors and nurses at SaTH are I wanted to do something for them, and came up with the idea of the T-shirts to raise money to buy everyday items for staff at no expense to themselves.
“I was ‘banging on the door’ for a couple of days and for about six weeks I could barely move. It took about 10 weeks for me to recover and I owe my life to the great care I received by so many fabulous people in hospital.”
He has already generated £2,000 and yesterday (Thursday 23 April) delivered goodies, such as chocolate bars, hand creams, soft drinks and shower gels, to go in the Wellbeing Rooms, where staff can take a short break, recharge their
“Having spent two day in a Tenerife hospital with Vasculitis I came back to the UK and was admitted to RSH, where I spent a further eight days having also
John said he wanted the T-shirts to be “almost childlike” in their design and opted for a bright yellow colour to lift everyone’s spirits at this challenging time.
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