Radiology team back hospital scanner appeal

The radiology team at Tameside Hospital is fully behind the £1m CT Scanner Appeal - knowing the difference a new scanner will make.

Why is it so urgent? Well, medical imaging plays a vital role in the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of patients and is key to rapid treatment in emergency situations.

A computerised tomography (CT) scan combines a series of X-ray images taken from different angles around your body and uses computer processing to create cross-sectional images (slices) of the bones, blood vessels and soft tissues inside your body. 

CT scan images provide more-detailed information than plain X-rays do.

A CT scan has many uses, but it’s particularly well suited to quickly examine people who may have internal injuries from car accidents or other types of trauma. 

A CT scan can be used to visualise nearly all parts of the body and is used to diagnose disease or injury, as well as to plan medical, surgical or radiation treatment.

Medical imaging can be the difference between prompt treatment and unnecessary delay.

So how can you help?

If you would like to donate, a JustGiving page has now been set up where you can place donations.

Just go to https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/tangscanner to read more about the appeal - and thank you for your help.

Unique jigsaw badges - already becoming the recognisable symbol of the campaign - are becoming more widely available at pubs, offices and restaurants, with voluntary organisations, community groups and individuals contacting us and the hospital to find out how to play their part.

Suggested donations for the pin badges are from just £2 - so be sure to look out, buy yours and wear it with pride.

We can also reveal this week that Angie Wild is to lead and coordinate the Scanner Appeal. 

She says she’s delighted to have been appointed and can’t wait to get started.

An award-winning driving force in the fundraising world, Angie was a Public Health programme officer at Tameside Council for 38 years until her recent early retirement. 

But she is best known to many for having been credited with raising almost £100,000 for charities across Tameside and Glossop, while two years ago she received the Queen’s Award - the highest honour given to volunteer groups across the UK - with other volunteers at Willow Wood Hospice.

Angie said: “I started my fundraising journey following the death of my dear mother-in-law Kathleen eight years ago. I decided to give back something to help local charities to continue supporting people of Tameside.

“I have built up a wealth of experiences of community- based fundraising on a voluntary basis in my spare time, and I’ve developed amazing relationships with members of the community, local businesses and schools.

“My motto has always been ‘if you don’t ask you don’t get’. Fundraising becomes a bug and once you start you don’t want to stop, and I want to focus my energy on getting our wonderful hospital the CT scanner it so desperately needs.”

Trust Chief Executive Karen James said: “I can’t think of  anyone better than Angie to lead the appeal. We know it won’t be easy - £1 million is a lot of money, but with the support of the people of Tameside and Glossop, and Angie’s endless energy and can do attitude I’m convinced we will make it happen.”