Charitable donations received from patients and friends are held separately in a health centre charity account and are used for the purchase of additional equipment and books for the benefit for all our patients. Cheques should be written out to " V. Masharani, Health Centre Charity Account" and  sent to the Practice .

From 1^st April 2004 the rules for accepting gifts and donations has changed. The practice will have to keep a register of all gifts made by patients, relatives or any other person of the value over £100. The register will include the name of the donor and either their address or NHS number. We are therefore warning prospective donors that this information will be kept and may be disclosed to the Primary Care Trust on request.

We are collecting for...

 An area we now want to look at is health promotion. We want to educate your young patients on leading a healthy lifestyle and avoiding drugs and excessive drinking of alcohol etc. There are many private companies who now sell posters and attractive promotional material to support our cause. We should, in the near future, having a series of rolling displays in the waiting room promoting healthy living. We will also led material to our health visitors and school nurses to enable them to help the wider community and children get educated.

Flat pack King - April 2008

Dr Masharani must surely be deserving of the title after assembling  4 sets of play tables and chairs for the consulting rooms. Hopefully our little patients will approve of the fantastic Ikea furniture and new toys.

We have purchased a 24h ecg machine- March 2008

Following many substantial donations to the Practice charity accounts in recent months, we have used the funds to purchase a heart monitor which records the heart rate of patients over 24 hours. This is the best test for working out why patients suffer palpitations. Normally patients would have to travel all the way to Glenfield General Hospital in Leicester to have this test done.

On top of this we have also purchase a warfarin testing machine in preparation of the Health Authority clinics being closed down in April. Patients taking warfarin will be contacted individually later this month to explain the new arrangements for having their tests done.

The Practice purchases an Ambulatory Blood pressure monitor. April 2007

Thanks to a donation of £1000 from the mayor, Geraldine Robinson, the Practice has just acquired a second ambulatory blood pressure monitor. This device records patients blood pressures automatically through the day and night and gives a more accurate picture of the patients blood pressure readings and so enables better treatment of their blood pressure problem.

Dr Masharani says "thank you" to benefactors

Benefactors were invited to a tour of the new medical centre at the beginning of December 2006. They also had the opportunity of seeing some of the equipment that has been purchased with the donations.

Equipment for new health centre - (updated 1st October 2006)

Over the last week the practice has received substantial donations from local businesses including funds from Fortnams Chemist to purchase pictures for the new health centre, Asda-Walmart for the purchase of medical equipment. Nissan UK ( from Magna Park) has promised to purchase a TV and DVD player for the children's play area in the new health centre. We are still looking for funds to purchase more medical equipment for the additional consulting rooms which will become available in the new health centre.

Eileen Derrick, last year's mayor of Lutterworth has been a very enthusiastic supporter of the Health Centre, collecting about £5000 for purchase of equipment by the two Lutterworth practices. Here she is presenting a cheque of £1900 to me. This money is going to be used to buy a defibrillator  and resuscitation kit. Patients too have been very supportive towards the Practice and patient's donations amount to £2820. With the new health centre making considerable progress recently we are starting to purchase medical equipment that will be required to enhance the services we provide. Purchases in August 2006 include a cardiac defibrillator, a new resuscitation kit and a body oxygen monitor:

Thanks to a very generous donation from Fortnams Chemist recently we have reached our target of £3284.12 and have purchased a state of the art ECG machine for carrying out heart tracings. ( July 2005)

Lung function testing machine purchased for the practice nurses

27th February 2004.   £1,1715.27 was spent on purchasing a spirometer for the practice. The machine is use for assessing the breathing of asthmatic patients. This was a joint purchase from the doctor's personal and charity account as insufficient funds were available through our charity account.

Colour printer for health visitors

 9th January 2004. We have purchased a colour printer for the health visitors to enable them to print flyers and information leaflets for patients.

Books

30th April 2003 We  bought more books for the patient library  We lend out many books but not all are returned which means some funds are lost replacing copeis not returned.

Additional Sonicaid will help the midwife in the weekly antenatal clinic

31st January 2003- An additional Sonicaid has been purchased at a cost of £533.47 to be used in the antenatal clinic.

Aural thermometer speed up temperature measurements18th June 2002-The purchase of two Braun Termoscan thermometers (at a cost of £144.54) for the practice.

Automatic blood pressure monitors purchased for practice nurses20th June 2000- European directives are aimed towards removing mercury based devices from the workplace. Three Omron electronic blood pressure monitors have been purchased for the practice at the cost of £333.71 which will be compliant with the new directives.