West Mid Open Day a huge success!

18 September 2017

On Saturday 16 September, West Middlesex University Hospital pulled off our busiest Open Day to date—with numerous patients and members of the public coming down to take a peek at the fantastic work taking place across our hospital and how proud we are to care for all of our patients.

On Saturday 16 September, West Middlesex University Hospital pulled off our busiest Open Day to date—with numerous patients and members of the public coming down to take a peek at the fantastic work taking place across our hospital and how proud we are to care for all of our patients.

The event was a huge success and along with launching the Suns and Stars Fundraising Appeal with our charity CW+ to transform our children’s wards into a bright, fun and welcoming environment for our youngest patients and their families, we also:

  • Offered jobs to 8 nurses who were interviewed on the day and invited 6 back for interview
  • Recruited 67 new members to our Council of Governors
Raising more than £1,000 on the day to support the redevelopment of our children's services, the hospital and CW+ charity would also like to extend a very special thanks to:
  • Tesco who very kindly supported the day, with staff from Hounslow, Feltham and Twickenham stores joining in the fundraising activities by hosting their own stall and donating a raffle prize for the CW+ stand.
  • Hospital Director Tina Benson who (fresh from the Open Day) ran the Richmond half marathon on Sunday, leading a team of local fundraisers who collectively raised more than £2,000 towards the appeal.
  • Christine Catlin and the team for their PROUD to Bake sale which raised more than £135 for the appeal—not to mention our very own Rochelle Gee for her winning cake!
  • Local family, Katy, Jonathan, Ruby and Stanley Cooper, who have been fundamental in raising funds for the children's wards and helped to officially open the day.
  • ISS who provided fantastic support on the day and also donated a range of prizes through their exciting raffle, which included Foo Fighters tickets and a night in the exclusive Sunborn Yacht Hotel.

Gallery

We’ve posted the photo highlights from the day on our Facebook page.

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lshardalow George Vasilopoulos