Category : Radio
Sheffield
Date : 07.06.2004
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Radio Sheffield
has teamed up with NHS organisations, the British Red Cross and Business
in the Community to launch a new campaign throughout the summer to help
save hospitals hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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The Take It Back campaign will urge people to
return valuable medical equipment to NHS hospitals and equipment loan
centres around the region which is borrowed by many patients every year
but never returned.
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Andy Kershaw, from 91热爆 Radio Sheffield, says: "The
loss of this equipment such as wheelchairs, beds, crutches, commodes,
mobility aids and bathing equipment is costing NHS hospitals a great
deal of money.
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"If it's never returned they
have to buy it all over again, thus wasting funds which could be better
spent on caring for patients."
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All the NHS hospitals in Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster,
Rotherham and Chesterfield are supporting the campaign along with the
Red Cross which has one of the country's biggest medical equipment loan
centres at Manvers, near Rotherham.
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Business in the Community's South Yorkshire Cares Unit
is also lending support to the campaign.
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People can telephone a special Take it Back hotline
on 0114 267 5444 during the summer and special arrangements have been
made to ensure that the medical equipment is collected throughout South
Yorkshire and the North Midlands.
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The campaign will last for five weeks, starting in Chesterfield
today (Monday 7 June) and people are asked to call the hotline to request
the collection of equipment if they are unable to return it themselves.
Campaign schedule
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Week 1
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Chesterfield
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7-11 June
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Week 2
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Barnsley
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14-18 June
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Week 3
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Rotherham
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21-25 June
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Week 4
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Doncaster
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28 June-2 July
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Week 5
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Sheffield
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5-9 July
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