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Why our work is essential

We’re dedicated to putting the ‘extra’ in extraordinary care for everyone who needs it – whether that means funding innovative new technologies or collaborating with groups tackling health inequalities.

We’re supporting our staff to do what they do best, taking care of the people who take care of you. We’re helping more people to live healthier, happier lives, reducing the pressure on our hospitals by empowering positive change. And we’re working closely with community partners to ensure a positive future for Bath and beyond.

Recently completed projects

Dyson Cancer Centre

Dyson Cancer Centre

With your support, we’ve raised £10million towards our brand new Dyson Cancer Centre. The centre will help transform the care we provide for patients, their families and carers by building a nurturing and therapeutic environment, reducing stress and anxiety by promoting health and wellbeing.
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NICU enhancement

Thanks to you we have been able to ensure we can keep parents and babies together in NICU by greatly improving the current facilities. Upgrades have included 4 permanent pull down beds at the cot side, 8 curtain fittings to ensure all 8 beds have privacy, and a parent shower room

Robotic Surgery

Quality and precision of surgery is one of the most important factors in improving care for patients with cancer. Bringing this state-of-the-art technology to the RUH has improved cancer-specific survival rates, cut down operating times and seen patients get home to their families quicker.
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Wellbeing Garden

Our community eco garden provides on-site serenity to our staff. This idyllic outdoor sanctuary will introduce well-deserved headspace for staff away from indoor pressures, and offer visitors a calming and soothing surrounding that encourages reflection and mindfulness.
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Critical Care Pendants

We’re celebrating extraordinary new intensive care equipment for the hour of need - thanks to a collaboration between RUHX and the Friends of the RUH. We've supplied new bed pendants that improve access to patients, house the new Clinical Information System (CIS) and deliver medical equipment, gasses and all electricity from a single point.

New HIPEC Machine

HIPEC significantly improves survival for patients with advanced ovarian cancer compared to other recent advances in ovarian cancer surgery and thanks to the Medlock Charitable Trust we have purchased a machine adding to the full range of gynaecological oncology services the RUH Provides. The first operation using the new machine took place this September and the surgeon was Jonathan Frost (pictured), Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist and Specialty Cancer Lead for Gynaecological Oncology.
Impact 2023-24
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During the 2023/24 financial year we spent £4,616,000 on charitable activities to help provide extraordinary care to our community.

No funds were spent on redevelopment projects during the year due to the finalising the Dyson Cancer Centre building works and payments held until completion of contract.

We spent £63,000 on Research projects:

  • Exploring Telerehabilitation for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs)
  • Research = Results

The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) has been recognised as the first Centre of Excellence in the South West for its treatment of patients with Paget’s disease and its research into the condition.

We spent £3,966,000 on Patients’ welfare and amenities:

  • £143.000 on Entertainment and recreation (£6,000)
  • £45,000 on Furniture
  • £3,369,000 on Medical equipment, including Robotic assisted surgery and Gamma Camera for the Dyson Cancer Centre.
  • £36,000 on Art & Music
  • £87,000 on general expenditure
  • £286,000 on NHS Charities Together Funding

We spent £185,000 on Staff welfare and amenities:

  • £114,000 on Education
  • £34,000 on Equipment
  • £37,000 on General expenditure

We spent £325,000 on Staff costs for charitable activities:

  • £50,000 towards Breast Unit trainee Consultant Radiographer. The charity is funding a trainee Consultant Radiographer for 2 years, enabling the RUH
    to develop and pilot new Breast Consultant Radiographer roles addressing the long-term challenges of the national and local shortages in the Breast Radiology Workforce.
  • £87,000 Lupus Research
  • £67,000 towards Super Rehab Cardiology Research
  • £40,000 on Grants Manager
  • £13,000 on staff wellbeing
  • £34,000 on other other Research related staff costs
Impact 2022-23
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During the 2022/23 financial year we spent £3,945,000 on charitable activities to help provide extraordinary care to our community.

We spent £3,050,000 on redevelopment projects:

  • £2,831,000 on the Dyson Cancer Centre
  • £252,000 towards enhancing the One Stop Shop Service in the Breast Unit. This included a third Ultrasound machine, new ultrasound room and Faxitron (specimen cabinet) allowing surgeons to x-ray and assess tissue specimens
    immediately

We spent £52,000 on Research projects:

  • Pain Speciality Data Platform
  • Giant Cell Arteritis research
  • LoCATE research

We spent £485,000 on Patients’ welfare and amenities:

  • £6.000 on Entertainment and recreation (£6,000)
  • £58,000 on Furniture
  • £245,000 on Medical equipment
  • £76,000 on small items of expenditure
  • £100,000 NHS Charities Together Community Grants to support community projects

We spent £114,000 on Staff welfare and amenities:

  • £55,000 on Education
  • £23,000 on Equipment
  • £36,000 on General expenditure

We spent £175,000 on Staff costs for charitable activities:

  • £33,000 towards Pastoral Support. Redeploying a clinical psychologist for two years to implement a programme to support our staffs’ mental wellbeing funded by NHS Charities Together.
  • £325,000 on a Breast Unit trainee Consultant Radiographer. In addition to the redevelopment costs towards the Breast Unit, the charity is also funding a trainee Consultant Radiographer for 2 years, enabling the RUH to develop and pilot new Breast Consultant Radiographer roles addressing the long-term challenges of the national and local shortages in the Breast Radiology Workforce.
  • £49,000 on Lupus Research
  • £6,000 towards an Osteoporosis Nurse
  • £40,000 towards Super Rehab Cardiology Research
  • £20,000 on other Research
Impact 2021-22
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During the Year we spent £1,147,000 on charitable activities to help provide extraordinary care to our community.

We spent £671,000 on redevelopment projects:

  • The Breast Unit Expansion
  • The Dyson Cancer Centre

We spent £42,000 on Research projects:

  • Super Rehab Cardiology Research.

We spent £170,000 on Staff welfare and amenities:

  • Education
  • Equipment
  • Staff recharges for specific projects such as Lupus
  • General expenditure

We spent spent £188,000 on Patients’ welfare and amenities:

  • Entertainment
  • Chemotherapy reclining chairs
  • Children’s Therapies Garden
  • Arts & Music

 

Impact 2020-21
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During the Year we spent £713,000 on charitable activities to help provide extraordinary care to our community.

We spent £23,000 on redevelopment projects:

  • The Dyson Cancer Centre works were on hold due to COVID and therefore a lower than expected charitable contribution was required.

We spent £13,000 on Research projects:

  • Super Rehab Cardiology Research.

We spent £309,000 on Staff welfare and amenities:

During the year the Charity supported staff in so many ways as they worked tirelessly on the frontline as they relate to the immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

These included:

  • Care packs
  • Hydration
  • Bereavement resources
  • Chair beds
  • Mattresses
  • Hot meals
  • Florence Nightingale foundation
  • Outdoor seating
  • Mental health support – Pause Days
  • Specialist Interventions for PTSD
  • Further 1-1 therapy sessions for Critical Care
  • Christmas Hampers

We spent spent £288,000 on Patients’ welfare and amenities:

  • £28,000 Fees Machine
  • £37,000 Facial Surgery 3D surgical planning
  • iPad chargers
  • The Happy Newspaper
  • DAB Radios
  • Bluetooth Speakers
  • Crescendo Listening Devices
  • Specialist Books and Poetry
Impact 2019-20
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During the Year we spent £1,694,000 on charitable activities to help provide extraordinary care to our community.

We spent £826,000 on redevelopment projects:

  • Remaining contributions towards the RNHRD and Brownsword Therapies Centre.

We spent £150,000 on Staff welfare and amenities:

  • Training for staff that enhances the expertise of our staff that is above and beyond the training required to carry out staff roles.
  • Attending conferences to gain additional knowledge and promote the work of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. This is particularly the case with regard to promoting the world-renowned work of the RNHRD.

We spent spent £655,000 on Patients’ welfare and amenities:

  • Cone Beam-CT for the Oral Maxillofacial and Orthodontics department.
  • 3D Scanning equipment for the Oral Maxillofacial and Orthodontics department.
  • 16 motorised Recliner chairs for William Budd.
  • Incubators.
  • Equipment for the Eye Unit.

Older completed projects

NHS Charities Together Community Partnerships

Grants are being made to 13 charities and community projects across our region. These projects will help our communities recover from Covid-19, work in partnership with NHS organisations, and prioritise the most vulnerable and marginalised groups impacted by the virus, focusing on deprivation, ethnicity, and mental health.
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Breast Unit Extension

Breast Unit Extension

Our £1 million project to build an extension to our Breast Unit is one of our crowning achievements in 2022. Funded entirely by donations from people just like you, we were able to transform the patient and staff experience.

Cardiovascular research

Super Rehab aims to halt the progression of heart disease, help patients feel better, and potentially turn the clock back and reverse the disease. Helping to alleviate the need for ongoing drugs or even surgery.
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RNHRD-&-Brownsword-Therapies

RNHRD & Brownsword Therapies Centre

The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) opened in 2019, thanks to the support of the community. We were able to raise £2 million towards the outpatient centre, designed with staff and patients in mind.
Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care

Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care

Thanks to your generosity, we were able to transform the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care from its modest existing facilities into its pioneering new home. The project, funded 50/50 by the NHS and RUHX, has dramatically improved the environment in which the RUH can care for the 500 premature and sick babies it looks after every year.

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