Tender loving care for injured children

The Freemasons from Chorley, Preston and the Fylde and Lancashire Teaching

Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have teamed up to offer frightened children in A

and E a tender loving care (TLC) teddy.

Emergency staff from the Trust, which runs Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley

and South Ribble Hospitals, will use the teddies to show scared young children

medical procedures before they have treatment and provide comfort while they are

waiting to be seen.

The Freemasons from Preston, Chorley and the Fylde will fund the scheme as

part of their ongoing charitable activities.

Michael Dudley, Modern Matron in Accident and Emergency at Lancashire

Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “This is a very generous gesture

from the Freemasons and should provide a lot of comfort to young frightened

children.

“Attending A and E at a young age can be a very scary experience and the

teddies will really help demonstrate the treatment that children may have to

undergo.”