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Friends Help Tackle Sleep Disorder
The treatment of sleep apnoea, a potentially serious sleep disorder interrupting normal breathing, has been further improved as a result...


It's Christmas
Our wonderful volunteer Lynn showing just one of the many Christmas products we have in our shop situated in the main foyer of the...


Thank you to the Friends.
All the staff/volunteers who work for the Friends Shops should be extremely proud of the effort they put in to enable so many areas to...


Lovely message received from Health Visitors
At Cowes we run a busy Well baby Clinic every Wednesday from 9am – 5pm, often seeing 50+ babies and their families. As Health Visitors we...


Friends Tune into Sunshine Radio Request
Sunshine Radio has now replaced an outdated studio, thanks to help from the Friends. The radio station, which occupies premises in the...


Fire-fighting training has become digital - Thanks to the Friends
Training of St Mary’s staff to fight fires has now embraced the digital age, with an on-screen system claimed to be superior to the...


Eye Department Gets Hand-Held Tonometer - Thanks to the Friends
A tonometer to measure eye pressure in the hospital’s Eye Department promises to make discomfort and stress more a thing of the past. ...


No More Hit or Miss for Helena’s Vein Finding Team - Thanks to the Friends
Picture:Helena Baker demonstrates the vein-finder, costing £3,810, on an arm of Friends volunteer Lyn Govett. An item of equipment that...


Friends enjoy NHS 70th Anniversary Fete in Hospital Grounds
The Friends had a presence at the NHS’s 70th anniversary fete in the hospital grounds. Foyer shop and café volunteers, Shirley Bridgeman...