£1 million appeal launched for coronavirus hospitals support
University Hospitals Birmingham Charity has joined an appeal to raise £1 million to help patients and staff through coronavirus.
Solihull-based National Grid Ventures has kickstarted the appeal with a £100,000 donation that will be used to purchase almost 400 tablet computers for patients, which will allow them to speak to their loved ones while in isolation.
The tablets will be distributed to wards across the Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope, Solihull and Nightingale Hospital, which has recently been established at the NEC.
The UHB NHS Foundation Trust has so far discharged over 1,500 Covid-19 patients from across the West Midlands and is seeking additional funds to pay for a variety of projects from activity packs for isolated patients to reclining chairs for staff rooms and bereavement boxes for families.
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Mike Hammond, chief executive of the charity, said: “The current crisis has presented us with many new challenges and requests for funding from frontline NHS staff, all of which are in addition to our normal £5 million of added extras.
"Working with National Grid, we have identified the need for £1 million of extra funding to support our NHS Superheroes, and we are delighted that National Grid has given the campaign a massive boost by donating £100,000 towards this target."
