SUPERMARKET staff have helped to provide fruit and vegetables for people to sample at a hospital's annual health fair.
Vouchers from Tesco's supermarket at the Ricoh Arena near Bedworth will be used to purchase the goods for the event at Nuneaton's George Eliot Hospital.
As featured in the News, the annual fair takes place just hours before the most important hospital meeting of the year, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, September 22.
Held at the George Eliot Training and Education Centre (GETEC), the bumper-packed health fair is being billed as the biggest ever.
The £200 donation from Tesco's will be used to buy fruit and vegetables that will be used as part of a healthy eating market stall run by the Nuneaton and Bedworth Healthy Living Network during the fair.
Steph Mullan, customer service manager at the superstore, said: "Tesco's is very keen to promote healthy living through its stores and out in the wider community so we’re always delighted to be able to support events like this.
"We're looking forward to attending the event and talking to local people about staying healthy."
Stuart Annan, chair of the Nuneaton NHS Trust, was quick to say: "I'd like to thank Tesco's for this kind gesture towards our health fair and their ongoing support for the hospital.
"We're really looking forward to hosting this year's fair. There is going to be a huge array of stalls covering a wide range of health care and healthy living issues; there really will be something for everyone."
From 12noon, fair-goers will be able to check out more than 25 stalls, displays and presentations from hospital specialities and partner agencies, all with an emphasis on healthy living.
Among the key attractions are free health `be from the Nuneaton and Bedworth Healthy Living Network, advice on ‘kicking the habit’ from the Trust’s smoking cessation team and sampling healthy snacks with the Trust’s Dieticians and the Healthy Living Network.
Hand massages will be available, as part of the aromatherapy service provided by the hospital's midwives, as well as a fundraising coffee morning, run by the hospital's Macmillan nurses to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and the Trust’s Oncology Department Talks will also be given by specialists on maintaining a healthy bowel and the Trust’s innovative health passport initiative Multiculturalism and health, with displays and advice from local faith groups.
The fair will be followed at 4pm by the AGM, in which residents will have the chance to ask bosses questions about the hospital.
They will also be able to listen to a review of the year gone by and d listen to the Trust’s Board of Directors talk about plans for the future.
It will include presentations from Chairman Stuart Annan, Chief Executive Sharon Beamish and Chris Bradshaw, the director of finance and performance.
A copy of the agenda for the meeting, which will take place in the George Eliot Training and Education Centre (GETEC), is now available on line.
Those who would like copies of the agenda, minutes and Annual Report and Accounts in hard copy should call 024 7686 5383 or email sam.cook@geh.nhs.uk.
