Volunteers' news

Staff and patients at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton have extended their congratulations to its oldest volunteer who has turned 95.

Tom Walker, age 95 from Burton, has been volunteering at the Queen’s Hospital Burton for over 20 years, first starting out as a volunteer in 2000.

The retired painter and decorator, initially started out as befriender at Geoffrey Hodges, supporting Ward 41, 42 and 43. Tom then moved across to the main site and helped support on Ward 11 which was the care of the elderly ward at the time, again as a befriender.

BBC Two documentary follows a team of young volunteers, with no clinical experience, as they deal with life on the hospital frontline.

A new BBC documentary will follow a group of volunteers as they take part in a social experiment, designed to test whether young people with no clinical experience can make a positive difference to patient care.

UHDB has recognised the outstanding contributions of some of the volunteers that help out at our hospitals in Burton, Lichfield and Tamworth.

VOLUNTEERS who have given more than 700 years’ service to the Royal Derby Hospital and London Road Community Hospital have been recognised in an event which celebrated their generosity and loyal support.

A cancer survivor has spent the last decade trying to “give something back” to those that saved her life by helping out as a volunteer at Queen’s Hospital Burton.

A married couple who have volunteered at the Royal Derby Hospital for the last 10 years have called on more people to donate their time to help patients.