Making a difference

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

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

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

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.