Making Waves October 07 - James Paget University Hospitals

James Paget Hospital
A celebration of 25 years of achievements of our local hospital
25th anniversary
events round up
The Fete
The sun shone, and much fun was had by everyone who
came to the James Paget University Hospital Fete on Saturday
21st July in the hospital grounds.
Fete organiser Jill Jacobs was delighted with how well the
event went. ‘We raised over £8,000 for the hospital, which is
just fantastic. Well over half of this will go to the East Coast
Palliative Care Appeal, with the rest going to various wards
and departments. It was a beautiful day and over 3,000
people visited the fete, enjoying everything from an Indian
dancing display, Bollywood style, to a pink limo and the
chance for children to put out a blaze with the local Fire
Service. To top it all the Endeavour Rangers marching band
played for us all day, much enjoyed by our younger visitors.’
John Hemming, Trust Chairman said: ‘We are very grateful
to everyone who contributed to the success of our fete. This
coupled with our 25th anniversary conference at the hospital
and the publication of Hugh Sturzaker’s book of the history
of the building have served as very fitting tributes to our
hospital’s silver jubilee.’
James Paget University Hospital
THE FIRST TWENTY FIVE YEARS
By Hugh Sturzaker, Retired Consultant Surgeon
This book should bring back many memories to the
many people who have worked at the James Paget and
should be essential reading for anyone new to the
hospital to give them an insight into its history.
The hard back version is £15 and the soft copy £10.
£1 of each copy sold is going to
the Palliative Care Appeal.
Copies can be obtained from the Library, the Education
and Training Centre and from the front desk in the
Foyer to the hospital.
Sir James Paget’s Great
Grandson visits Hospital
Sir Julian Paget, great grandson of Sir
James, visited the James Paget University
Hospital on Friday 20th July to attend the
25th Anniversary Conference. Following an
opening address by John Wells, retired
Trust Chairman, there were 17
presentations each lasting ten minutes. The
aim was to show the changes which had
occurred in medical practice over the last
25 years and to illustrate the ways in which the staff at the
hospital had lead these changes.
The health service provision for the area had been
described by David Owen, the Health Minister in 1975, as
securing equal place with Weston super Mare as the worst in
the country. Now the local population has a University
Hospital, which is a Foundation Trust and is ranked among
the top 10% of hospitals in the country. This is a great
achievement and the conference gave examples of the Trust’s
many successes such as the advances in radiology, respiratory
services, endoscopy, haematology, palliative care and
laparoscopic surgery. Willy Notcutt gave an amusing account
of his world-leading researches into pain relief and Jerome
Pereira covered the changes in Breast Surgery and the
National Audit into Breast Reconstruction of which he is the
clinical lead. Adrian Pennington, Chief Executive, looked
towards the future and John Hemming, Chairman, gave the
closing address.
I presented Sir Julian with a copy of my book ‘James Paget
University Hospital – the first 25 years’ along with a print of a
Lady Paget which he had been given by retired GP, Dr. Clive
Liddle.
Hugh Sturzaker
Other events - Gorleston Golf Club raised £1,800 for the
Palliative Care East Appeal, and the exhibition in the Board
Room was well received.
Many thanks to Medical Illustration and the Graphics
department for all their work in preparing this.
Member of staff scoops top prize
Trish Dunton from Medical Records won first prize of the Grand Draw raffle, proceeds all to the
Palliative Care East Appeal. Trish won a voucher for £100 to be used at one of the Southwold Adnams
Hotels. Well done Trish!
www.jpaget.nhs.uk
October 2007 Making Waves 15