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New Lens Meter for Visual Diagnostic Clinic
The ophthalmology department at Ilkeston Community Hospital has benefited from the League's purchase of a new piece of equipment for the visual diagnostic clinic. The new computerised ‘Lens Metre’ allows for an accurate and immediate...
Purchase of Ultrasound Equipment a
The League is delighted to fund the purchase of ultrasound equipment for the podiatry clinic at Ilkeston Community Hospital. A diagnostic ultrasound machine that gives immediate diagnosis as to required treatments without which a patient would have...
The League of Friends funds purchase of equipment at ICH
The wounds clinic at Ilkeston Community Hospital has benefited from the purchase by the League of 2 ‘Doppler’ Machines which are delicate pieces of machinery that can diagnose optimal compression by ultrasound which quickens the healing...
Ilkeston Town FC Coaches Play Benefit match.
We thank the ITFC Junior Coaches and The Vickz Elite Charity football team for staging a match for our benefit at The New Manor Ground. The squads of each team generously donated money and played in a competitive game in which The Elites...
League of Friends say ‘thank you’ to Ron Brooks Toyota
The League would like to thank the management and staff at Ron Brooks Toyota for their generous sponsorship of our recent ‘Bed Push’ event in Ilkeston on Saturday 20th April. Ron Brooks was our official sponsor for the...
Patient entertainment at ICH
We have recently established regular music therapy sessions on Heanor Ward. The enterprise, a League of Friends initiative, combines live music with chair-based physical activity has been trialled and received positive feedback...
The 338 Top Club Donation
We have had a welcome surprise visitor to Smileys Cafe, Teresa Paine, a member at The Stanley Common Top Club, called in to present us with a collection box full of cash. The contents amounted to £51.27 which was gratefully...
2024 Bed Push Event
Saturday 20th April saw us undertake the first fundraising event of the year, the annual, traditional Bed Push. The League established its usual base on the Ilkeston marketplace, marking the finishing point for teams who had...
Patient Easter Gift Presentation
On Good Friday, League of Friends volunteers visited the hospital wards and the Urgent Treatment Centre to hand out Easter presents. This long-standing tradition is a feature on the Charity's calendar and was once again...
New Ilkeston Hospital Community Dagnostic Centre
This new centre, one of 40 being introduced into English Community Hospitals will bring new and improved facilities, bringing access to state-of-the-art diagnostic testing and Point of Care testing to Ilkeston. The facilities include...
The expansion of ward patient entertainment.
Following an upgrade to the hospital wifi, the League has bought tabletop tablets to enable the streaming of TV and radio to patients' bedsides. This latest contribution represents an addition to the entertainment initiatives provided...
Deljit meets Kal
A happy moment at the League's cafe at ICH. We managed to get a snapshot of the moment that Deljit Kaur (centre) and teddy bear Kal met for the first time. Kal, until now a lonely bear, was won by Del in our 'Name the...
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