Jacobs the Jewellers: helping to boost the cardiac care outpatient experience.

At a time of great stress for families, the current outpatient centre within the Cardiac unit is less than comfortable, and is missing some key items needed to help those that attend the unit.  For anyone who’s ever had to wait in this area, this would make an immediate, welcoming and calming impact for years to come. Since our 75th anniversary in 2023, we’ve been raising funds to achieve this.

August 2024 Update!

We’ve raised over £26,000 towards our £39,000 target to redesign the clinic: 

• Enough chairs to accommodate the volume of patients. We would like some of these chairs to be able to accommodate bariatric patients and we would also like some ‘flip’ chairs to put on the walls in corridors so patients have the option to sit when waiting in corridors.
• A TV/screen. We would love to be able to present clinic information (e.g. waiting times) on a TV/screen and we would also like to advertise healthy lifestyle guidance on there as well.
• A radio. The waiting room is so quiet and it would be nice for patients to have some music to listen to.
• New artwork for the walls.
• Stud walls in the corner near reception to create a cubicle with a curtain so we have somewhere private for patients to have their BP and weight taken.

Incredibly, over the last decade, Jacobs has already helped fundraise £136,000 for The Royal Berks Charity. In this coming year, Jacobs hope to fundraise a further £39,000 to make that total £175,000 to mark their 75th anniversary.