The League of Friends

Burton Hospitals League of Friends has been running for over twenty-five years and has so far raised over one million pounds.

The Friends are a registered charity whose aim is to support the patients and staff of Queens and Barton Cottage hospitals by providing extras and essentials, which wouldn't otherwise be readily available.

The charity is run by a group of volunteers who regularly give their time and energy in order to help those within the hospitals.

The League of Friends use fundraising to purchase a wide variety of objects for the hospitals. This includes small essential and luxuries that improve the comfort and of patients and staff (such as fresh flowers, televisions, emergency toiletry packs and Christmas decorations). The Friends also help to fund the mobile hairdresser who visits the hospital on a regular basis.

Furthermore, the charity helps the hospitals to purchase larger and more expensive pieces of medical equipment. This has included Ripple Mattresses, Patient Lifting Aids and Hoists, Defibrillators and Blood Pressure Monitors. Please see the News page for further information about what The League of Friends have purchased recently.