Free mobile charging comes to York and Scarborough Hospitals
31 JANUARY 2024
Visitors, patients, and staff can stay connected and keep their lives moving with a fantastic new facility in both hospitals.
York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity have recently funded three ChargeBox mobile charging units at York and Scarborough Hospitals.
The units provide free, fast charging for all mobile devices and can be used by patients, visitors, and staff at York Hospital main reception, York Hospital emergency department and Scarborough Hospital emergency department. The units have been installed in areas where people may spend waiting and when their phone could potentially loose power.
The charging units provide fast charging and are easy for people to use you would simply open an available locker, plug your device into the correct charging cable, lock the door, and leave your device to charge.
Speaking on the new facility Rachel Brook, Charity Manager, said the chargers were a huge improvement for patients in times of need.
“Patients or their loved ones who are already going through a traumatic experience wouldn’t really want to be in a position where they can’t stay connected,” she explained.
Rachel added: “The charity identified the chargers would stop this unnecessary stress and help families talk to one another especially in emergency situations, so we decided to install the units. Staff have also reacted in positively to the chargers. Often, they can be on long shifts or have simply forgotten to charge their phone and need to do something in their breaks. The chargers are a fantastic way of insuring we can all stay connected around the clock.”
Zoe Jennings, Matron of Emergency Medicine, said: “I would like to send a massive thank you to the donors who have help provide the ChargeBox in the Emergency Department at Scarborough Hospital. It is a small improvement with a big impact, by keeping patients, relatives, and friends in touch with each other. “It alleviates stress of a phone losing its charge and losing contact with their loved ones from both a patient perspective and also the relatives and loved ones at home who would like to stay connected with them whilst they are in our care.”
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