Gifts
The outstanding success that the League of Friends has achieved in raising funds has enabled it to provide a significant number of gifts to the hospital. In 2024 over £535k was spent on funding a huge variety of equipment for the hospital. The table below lists gifts pledged in 2023, which shows just how varied these items can be. Each item will have been requested by the ward or department in question because of the great benefit it would bring to patients, visitors and staff.
The last 2025 deadline for funding requests 3 November. A link for the procurement portal to request charitable funding can be obtained from:
Some of the equipment pledged to K&C Hospital in 2024 include:
Esaote Ultrasound Scanner for Neurophysiology |
Laser Lithotripsy Machine |
Overhead Hoist System for Kent Ward |
Vascular Laboratory Ultrasound Machine |
Refurbishment of Anaesthetics/Critical Care staff areas |
Sonosite PX Ultrasound |
5 x Trolleys/6 x Kwick Screens/Data Points |
2 x Portable Water Testing Kits |
Otometrics Otoscan |
Nano Knife for Urology |
Flojac for Kent & Clarke Wards |
Shade Sales for Harvey Ward Garden |
16 x Wheelchairs |
Saebo Professionals Kit or Tower/Harvey Wards |
2 x Specialist Beds for End of Life on Harbledown Ward |
36 x Chairs for Mount McMaster & Harvey Wards |
Ophthalmoscope Opticlar Portable Slip Lamp |
Echo Couch |
3 x Spirometers for Mount & McMaster Ward |
4 x Courtyard Benches outside Patient Service Centre |
16 x Soft Close Bins for Kingston Ward |
TV for Lithotripsy Centre |
Xmas Gifts for Patients |
Acute Care POS System |
Transitional Living Unit for Harvey Ward |
Blinds for Day Room in Kingston Ward |
5 x Replacement Patient Tables |
Artwork for Cardiology Ward imo Sunny Patel |
Some of the larger gifts purchased since 2007
Trust Digital Mammography Appeal | £237,500 |
113 Electric Beds & Matresses | £161,201 |
LOF 2023 Jubilee Surgical Admissions Lounge | £150,000 |
LOF 2013 Jubilee Bereavement Suite | £126,343 |
75 x Huntleigh Profiling Beds for in-patient wards | £107,512 |
Multi Spot Laser Device | £83,500 |
Digital Stroboscope System | £72,844 |
Complex Cardiology Ultrasound System | £69,489 |
ENT Microscope | £68,700 |
Ultra Widefield Retinal Camera | £64,000 |
Digital Swallowing Workstation | £61,983 |
Mobile X-Ray | £61,670 |
Operating Table | £61,570 |
Upgrade of Mohs Lab | £58,366 |
4 x Urology Combination Instrument Sets | £52,846 |
MRI | £50,883 |
Fluroscan Mini C-Arm for hand surgery/foot injections | £50,050 |
Upgrade MOHS Lab | £50,000 |
3 x Camera Systems | £50,651 |
12 x Epidural Devices, 10 Patient Controlled Analgesia Devices | £48,840 |
18 x Overhead Tracking Hoists | £48,105 |
Upgrade of MOHS Lab | £47,475 |
Anti Gravity Treadmill | £45,000 |
X-Porte Ultrasound System | £44,730 |
2 x EEG Machines | £41,900 |
Da Vinci Robotic Instrument Set | £41,808 |
Compact Xtreme Ultrasound System | £38,665 |
Hydrotherapy Refurbishment | £38,339 |
2 x Bronchoscopes | £38,143 |
3 x Lifepak Monitors & Storage Units | £38,000 |
Sonosite Portable Ultrasound | £35,400 |
19 x Drug Carts | £34,143 |
Cardiology Specialist Treadmill | £26,222 |
3 x Audiology Tympanometers | £20,763 |
Micromed Neuro Diagnostic System | £20,750 |
Medtronic Nerve Monitor | £20,529 |
Vascular Portable Ultrasound Machine | £19,000 |