BBC Radio Oxford came to The Nuffield Practice to broadcast the Lilley Allen show live from 1-4pm in the afternoon. This was a special show to celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS and we were proud to be chosen from a number of practices that had volunteered to host the event.
We invited representatives of some of the organisations we support and that support us. Judith le Good, ex-employee and sometimes locum Health Care Assistant was here to promote her Health Walks (meet every Tuesday here at the Nuffield Practice at 2pm). We also had Tamsyn Wymer representing parkrun, which we have just started promoting, as a brand new ‘parkrun practice. Carers Oxfordshire were here as were the Community Information Network.
To add to the sense of occasion we organised a fun day with a 1940s theme. All of the staff dressed in the style of the period, and we had music of the era playing all day. We decided to make the day a fundraising event too and arranged a Tombola, a Raffle and a cake stall, with all prizes and cakes donated by staff and patients. One of our patients even baked a special cake for the occasion.
We raised £1,100 for the Oxford Hospitals Charity which is a local charity which supports the different departments and wards of Oxford University Hospitals, helping to provide the best medical equipment, research and facilities for patients and staff.
We would like to thank all of our patients for their support and generosity; without you we would not have had such a fantastic day!
