Annual General Meeting 2015

A Friend who has been a member since the beginning said that “it is incredible the amounts of money being raised by The Friends of the Rosie compared with what we were raising in the 1970s”
The staff at the Rosie expressed their huge thanks for the equipment The Friends of the Rosie have purchased. They and the patients in the outpatient department appreciate the tea bar being so close to the clinics.
Helen Shelly from the Transitional Ward formerly known as Christine and now called Charles Woolfsen ward in recofnition of a donation explained that the new ward has 12 mothers staying with their under 3 month old babies to begin caring for them on their own and gain confidence before going home. There is one side room with a double bed and 3 single side rooms then two 4 bedded areas. The ward is staffed with neonatal and nursery nurses freeing up the midwives for the delivery unit and the birth centre. They are grateful for the three handheld pulse and oxygen monitors and the three breast pumps that The Friends of the Rosie purchased.
The Consultant Midwife who also takes on leadership and service development spoke about the upgrading of the old Rosie wards making them more spaciious. The wards now have a 5 bed area and more side rooms which have all been redecorated. Lady Mary is larger with 27 beds. Sara is now an antenatal ward and Daphne is now the gyneacological ward.
The Rosie birth centre and the community midwives thanked us for the billimeters which are allowing babies to be cared for at home safely. The double suturing bed, which has been designed for the purpose, means women can stay in the birth centre and have a positive birthing experience.
The ladies coming in for their 36 week antenatal assessment and prebirth visit are surprised at how nice the birth centre is
1400 women are using the Rosie each year with a typical stay of 12-24 hours after the birth of their baby.
The Delivery unit is there for the intensive care and is now in need of more equipment. ACT is paying for the upgrade of the pool room with a new pool guaranteed for 15years. The Friends have been asked to contribute towards the purchase of a hoist so that women with special needs can make use of the pool.
During 2014 we spent £13,000 on audio doppler pockets, suturing bed and furniture for the Daphne ward refurbishment. Our income from the tea bar, Rosie in Stitches, Give as You Earn, membership fees and donations was £6,231.22.

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