Salisbury nurse launches fundraiser to buy ICU patients toiletries
Patients aren't able to use their own toiletries while staying in hospital because of Coronavirus
Last updated 6th Mar 2021
A nurse working on Salisbury District Hospital's Radnor Ward is raising £500 to provide patients with luxurious toiletry packs.
During the last 12 months the hospital hasn't been able to receive patients own toiletries because of the pandemic.
Nurses on the Radnor Intensive Care Unit want to give ICU patients an individual toiletry pack that they will receive on admission and stay with them throughout their stay in hospital.
They will contain shampoo, conditioner, toothbrush/paste, razors, deodorant, hair ties, wipes, moisturiser, lip balm. It will also be used to fund shampoo caps for patients unable to lie flat.
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The Stars Appeal are supporting the fundraiser and will help Faye spread the project across the hospital.
Radnorette, Faye Wiseman, says the toiletry packs are important to the patients,
"On the Radnor Unit we always pride ourselves on personal care and to quite a high standard, especially in intensive care where these patients are really, really sick and they are not able to look after themselves.
"Having these packs ready and to hand, we would get such a good feeling and sense of joy when we can do that for a patient and make themselves feel better about themselves as well."
The initial plan is to provide a pack to intensive care patients; however, Faye is hoping that if they are successful in the fundraising, it will be something they can roll out into other wards.
"It would start off at points of admission like A&E, the acute medical unit and the surgical assessment unit and if that is successful as well and we continue to get funds for it then it will be something that can be given to all the wards."
THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN CHALLENGING
Speaking on how it's been working as a nurse on the Salisbury District Hospital Intensive Care Unit, she said it's been a challenging year.
"That would be the best way to put it, we've had a lot of ups and downs and now we're coming out the other side of it we've got a great sense of relief.
"I think the one thing it has done for many nurses is that it's given us a great sense of pride in what we do and the fact that we're recognised for what we're doing now."