New Kambia link for Trust
02/07/2008
Staff at Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals will soon be provided with a unique opportunity to develop and share their skills in an African hospital.
A long standing informal link with the hospital will soon be formalised following approval from the Trust’s board to run a one-year trial using volunteers and Kambia Appeal funding.
Trust staff have provided obstetric and gynaecology support in their free time to the post-conflict healthcare system at the Kambia Government Hospital over the past ten years. This new formalised link will not only provide support to the Government Hospital in Kambia, but also a valuable learning opportunity from which staff and the Trust could benefit.
The hospital in Kambia was destroyed in 1999 amid the war in Sierra Leone. Rebuilt and reopened in 2004, post conflict recovery has been slow. With health services severely depleted, there is a great shortage of appropriately trained staff.
Director of Clinical Strategy Sally Pearson presented the report to the board on behalf of the Trust’s Corporate Citizenship committee:
“This is an exciting development for the Trust, benefiting not only staff but also the Trust and the hospital in Kambia.
“It is an opportunity for the Trust to work in a different way, enabling us to put our principles of corporate citizenship into work in the wider global community.”
For more information please contact Sarah Aspinall Communications Specialist, on 08454 223120 or sarah.aspinall@glos.nhs.uk
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