Nurses and other staff working on the Royal Preston Hospital’s Renal Dialysis Unit raised £5,846.63 walking the 11 miles from Chorley and South Ribble Hospital to the unit so they could kit it out with TVs and radios to help keep patients undergoing kidney dialysis entertained.
Nurse Emma Beeson, who organised the walk with fellow nurse Carley Webster, said: “We wanted to improve patient experience and comfort. Being able to watch TV or listen to the radio will help patients pass the time while they are undergoing dialysis, which typically takes around four hours per session.”
The funds, which have been passed to the team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity, which will now buy the equipment, included £1,505 from unit healthcare assistant Bhavna Chauhan and her friend Shanti Patel, who were among the 25-strong group to complete the walk.