James Hall and Company, SPAR distributor for the North of England has donated £250,000 to Royal Preston Hospital in Preston.
The donation will enable the hospital to realise its ambition to transfer out of date facilities into a state of the art area for staff to unwind, relax and in some cases catch up on much needed sleep.
Speaking on behalf of the Hall family, Andrew Hall said: “As a longstanding local business, we wanted to make a donation which would have a positive impact on NHS staff morale and provide a legacy for the community which would reach far beyond COVID-19.”
The scheme will include refurbished male and female showers, cubicles and lockers; sleep ‘PODS’ for staff who have been working long shifts and are too tired to drive home safely; indoor relaxation area complete with sofas, yoga mats and tea and coffee making facilities; a refurbished breast feeding room and an out-door patio area with table and chairs.
“We are extremely grateful that our generous donor, James Hall and Company, has agreed to back this particular project which is important to us as it was the brain child of one of our own clinicians,” said Karen Partington, chief executive at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
“We know that high quality facilities like these will make a huge difference to staff and help improve their physical and mental well-being, which in turn helps them to provide the best possible patient care. We also know that this kind of investment in our estate encourages the recruitment and retention of staff, which is more important than ever before.”
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