All Hallows Hospital

Description

Welcome to All Hallows Healthcare Trust Our objective is to promote the relief of persons of either gender without regard to either race or creed whilst suffering from any terminal or life threatening illness or from any disability or disease attributable to old age or from any other physical or mental infirmity disability or disease in such ways as the Trust shall from time to time think fit with priority for residents of Norfolk and Suffolk

The Trust provides a unique complex of local Healthcare Services over four key areas managed by Clair WestwoodDeamer Chief Executive CEO with qualifications in Management Accountancy Psychiatry and Psychology and Janet Dunning Senior Matron a first level nurse with a BSc Hons in nursing studies

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

To deliver high quality and compassionate Healthcare using skilled and dedicated staff Our distinctive philosophy of care based on Christian values is reflected in our welcoming environment in our understanding of patients needs and beliefs and in our respect for the dignity of each individual We seek to provide our medical colleagues with unrivalled support and in order to achieve this we encourage in our staff an awareness of the changing nature of Healthcare and respond swiftly and imaginatively to new developments and needs We value the unique contribution of each member of staff and aim to develop their full potential through a commitment to training and education

History

History of All Hallows
In 1855 the Community of All Hallows was founded by Lavinia Crosse daughter of a Norwich surgeon who came to be known as Mother Lavinia In 1872 Mother Lavinia set up a Hospital in a cottage in Ditchingham but very soon the cottage proved to be too small and work began on the present building which was opened a year later Sir Rider Haggard visited in the early days when he was resident in Ditchingham

Mother Lavinia became the Community of All Hallows first supervisor and applied to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for Sisters to be trained as nurses to work in the Hospital

The earliest records tell of burns from paraffin lamps and injuries from falls from carts and horses Doctors and surgeon cared for the sick but qualified nurses were a rarity at that time Day to day nursing was carried out by the Community Sisters and their voluntary helpers However in 1902 the Community had a fully trained nurse Sister Augusta who worked at the Hospital

Patients came to the Hospital for surgery and medical care and there were also beds for those who needed constant nursing during the last few days of their life The First World War put a stop to much of the Hospitals care for local people whilst wounded and sick soldiers were looked after during a four year period

In 1933 Sister Gwyneth took charge and the maternity section grew Mothers from surrounding villages came to have their babies at the Hospital After 35 years Sister Gwyneth retired and the Hospital was put in the care of Sister Frances in 1968 She was not a nurse therefore Sister Joy became Matron In Sister Joys time as Matron the NHS was asked if they would be interested in using beds at All Hallows and they funded eight Since the deaths of Sister Joy 1976 and Sister Frances 1980 the Sisters from the Community have continued to care for the patients and relatives pastoral needs Today the Sisters are few in number and the Hospital is staffed by a professional lay team

In 1994 the Community took over the operation of a 38 bedded residential home now known as All Hallows Nursing Home providing long term nursing care with respite beds available

The Day Treatment and Therapy Centre was built and opened in May 2004 in the grounds of the Hospital

In May 2007 it was announced that the Sisters from the Community were to promote an independent charity A registered charity and a company limited by guarantee was then formed All Hallows Healthcare Trust