A team from the Royal Lancaster Infirmary’s Acute Surgical Unit is to take on a Lake District challenge to support the hospital’s own charity.

The Helvellyn Challenge will take place on July 26, when they group – doctors, nurses, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical support workers and student nurses – will take on Helvellyn, Lower Man and Whiteside in a bid to raise £3,000 towards the purchase of a Patient Transfer Scale.

While each member has a different role within the hospital, they are united by one shared purpose: to make a meaningful difference for their patients.

The team firmly believes that ‘team work makes the dream work’, and this challenge is not only about reaching the summit, but also about coming together as colleagues and a community to improve patient care through fundraising.

Some of the Acute Surgical Unit staff taking part in the Helvellyn Challenge.

placeholder image — Some of the Acute Surgical Unit staff taking part in the Helvellyn Challenge.

Every donation, no matter the amount, will help bring them closer to their £3,000 goal and support safer, more dignified care for patients in the Acute Surgical Unit.

Joining the fundraiser, which is in partnership with Bay Hospitals Charity, are advanced nurse practitioners Andrew Robinson and Beth Gater, doctors Adam Bamford and Eltayeb Sharif, Acute Surgical Unit staff Renalyn Cuecaco, Josie Mason, Shannon Collins, Catherine Gutierrez, Laura Quirk, James Fisher, Shannon Atkinson, Faye Catlow, Abhirami Mullamparambath and Gemma Kay, and student nurses Olayinka Aiwuyuse and Sheryl Anstey-Maggs.

You can donate to the team’s fundraising page online at https://www.bayhospitalscharity.org/3-peak-helvellyn-challenge-for-a-patient-transfer-scale-for-asu