A message from Oxford Hospitals Charity

We are pleased to share this message from Oxford Hospitals Charity, the charity that supports our patients and staff across Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

"Oxford Hospitals Charity has always been there for the incredible NHS staff working across the John Radcliffe, Churchill, Horton General, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Oxford Children's Hospital.

But in these unprecedented times the need for our work is greater than ever.

We are liaising very closely with the Trust to ensure that we are able to give extra support to hospital staff and help in whatever way we can.

This starts with little things like pizzas, drinks and snacks to provide quick and easy refreshment for teams working in extraordinary circumstances.

Care packs are being delivered from today.

We are also coordinating many of the offers of help coming in. We know many people are thinking of the NHS staff here, and that means a lot.

We do have to ensure that support is carefully managed and people do not come to the hospitals unnecessarily.

The easiest thing to do if you want to help is make a donation on our website. We can then act quickly to fund whatever is most needed.

If you have a practical offers of support, perhaps if you are a local business please email hazel.murray@ouh.nhs.uk

Going forward there is going to be much that we need to do. And we hope you will be able to help in this mission.

We will keep the local community up to date with our efforts on our website:

www.hospitalcharity.co.uk

Facebook page (Oxford Hospitals Charity) and Twitter @OxHospCharity

We are incredibly inspired by the efforts we are seeing from staff across the hospitals.

With thanks for all your kind thoughts and offers of support.

#OneTeamOneOUH"