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Visiting time could be over for hospital shop volunteers
The service of over 70 WRVS volunteers at the Great Western Hospital shop is in question after the NHS Trust DEL Stribute
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shop called Amigo, with the ten paid staff transferring to new management
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The shop closes at the end of February for refurbish- foyer where volunteers meet and greet patients and carers Satellite Tracked Door to Door Distribution
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the hospital opened in 2003, and have also provided the is not a role that suits everyone. Adult Distributors • Fully Insured
very popular trolley shop service around the wards. Talks Expressing their disappointment, a spokesperson for the Design & Print Available
are underway between Compass, the NHS Trust and WRVS volunteers who did not wish to be named said: “It’s a big Free Local Collection
about how the trolley service might continue. mistake that the trust is making. Lots of the volunteers have
WRVS also operates an escort service in the hospital been here a long time and they’ve kept the shop going.” 112 Basepoint Business Centre,
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