Above and Beyond Charities - The Charitable Trust for the United Bristol Hospitals

The projects the Heart of Bristol Appeal supported fell into two categories:

Creating a positive healing environment

The aim of the Appeal was to help fulfil the vision for this exciting new development by

• Making the Atrium a welcoming, comfortable space for patients and visitors
• Furnishing and equipping two visitor accommodation rooms
• Enhancing interview and day rooms
• Funding an arts programme for the centre (a first for adult care within Bristol's acute hospitals)

Enhancing medical equipment and technology

All core medical equipment was funded by the NHS. However additional funding from the Heart of Bristol Appeal helped to provide the latest technology by,

• Providing tele-medicine facilities to link with centres throughout the region. This will enable urgent consultations, referrals and advice within a matter of minutes with direct audio visual technolog y. Leading clinicians will be able to share their expertise with fellow professionals and students in real-time case conferences, teaching sessions and tele-conferencing.
• Enhancing and upgrading the centre's patient monitoring system to allow maximum mobility for convalescing patients while they are being fully monitored.