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A North Yorkshire farmer is opening up his barn to members of the public for the seventh year running, to raise funds for Friends of The Friarage. The annual Barn That Rocks event has become a labour of love for Peter Fall, 70, and wife, Barbara, who now combine the daily chores that come with running the Grazingnook Farm, near Patrick Brompton, close to Bedale, with organising an annual musical extravaganza.
A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner is now up and running at the Friarage Hospital – thanks to the phenomenal support of the people of North Yorkshire. This month, the radiology team scanned their first patients on the diagnostic equipment which, when fully operational, will treat 22 patients a day, seven days a week.
The opening is a milestone for South Tees Hospitals Charity which launched a fundraising campaign to bring a scanner to the Northallerton hospital and has, to date, raised in excess of £1.4million. his includes £500,000 pledged by the Friends of the Friarage who have generously supported the Appeal in partnership with the Charity.
The Friends of the Friarage has donated £7,500 to the respiratory team at the Friarage Hospital for a blood gas analyser, which allows nursing staff to take blood samples and get immediate results in the patient’s own home rather than them having to come into hospital.
Staff and patients are set to benefit from enhanced lifesaving training at The Friarage Hospital, thanks to a little help from their Friends. The Friends of The Friarage, who are celebrating their diamond jubilee this year, provided £11,773 to the resuscitation department at the Northallerton Hospital, for the purchase of two training manikins, which are […]
Thank you to our fabulous fundraisers, who are making this possible! That’s the message from South Tees Hospitals Charity today, after a brand new MRI scanner was airlifted into The Friarage Hospital.
A spot of flower arranging has helped to pay towards specialist monitoring equipment for patients with type 1 diabetes at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.
A coffee morning in aid of the Friarage MRI Scanner Appeal will be held by South Tees Hospitals Charity team in Northallerton Town Hall on Wednesday 22 February from 9am to 1.30pm.
In 1957 the Friends of the Friarage – then known as the League of Friends – were formed to ‘support the work of the Northallerton hospitals by means of voluntary assistance.’ Now in their 60th year, the Friends are celebrating their Diamond Jubilee having raised in excess of £5million for the Friarage Hospital and the local community.
A combined medical and surgical assessment unit at the Friarage Hospital – which has reduced admissions to surgical wards by more than a third – has been shortlisted in the ‘acute service redesign’ category of the HSJ’s annual ‘Value in Healthcare Awards’. The winners will be announced in May 2017.
A touching concert tribute which celebrated the life of dedicated North Yorkshire Councillor Tony Hall has raised of £2,045 for the Friarage Hospital’s MRI Scanner Appeal. The concert was held at the Forum in Northallerton in November 2016.