LIST OF PURCHASES OVER £1000 APPROVED BY THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS GLANGWILI HOSPITAL

1971

£6,425 Schoolroom, Cilgerran Ward

1974

£60,000 Hydrotherapy Pool

£15,000 Recreation Bungalow at Llys Myddfai

1986

£15,000 Equipment for Coloscopy Dept

1987

£10,740 Equipment for Theatre

£11,500 Equipment for Hip Replacement Surgery

1988

£6,500 Relatives Accommodation for SCBU

1989

£35,130 Urodynamic Equipment

1990

£50,000 Measurement Equipment for Cardiology/Physiological  

1991

£27,880 Laparoscopy Equipment

£  8,560 Chapel Viewing Room at Mortuary

1992

£52,000 Refurbishment of Maternity Ward

1993

£8,000 17 King’s Fund Special Bed

£6,270 Pressure Mattresses for SCBU

1994

£10,800 Community Equipment

£13,020 Community Equipment Infusion Pumps

£14,000 Community Equipment 4 Pegasus Beds

2000

£15,000 Shower & Changing Facilities for Surgeons

£  2,455 Therapy Garden

£  1,785 Three Pegasus Mattresses

2001

£48,160 Cilgerran, Dyfrig & Cadog Wards Refurbishment 

£   6,850 Defibrillator

£   1,990 Sonapuls machine

£   1,835 Six Aura Cushions

2002

£10,000 Refurbishment of Triage Room  A & E Dept

£25,000 Urodynamic Equipment for Derwen Ward

2003

£56,470 Installation of CT Scanner

2004

£22,320 Basic Field Machine to Diagnose Glaucoma

£16,515 Equipment to measure Cardiac Output in ICU

£  4,900 Scales, oximeters, tables & chairs

2005

£ 1,395 Contribution to Entonox Equipment

£ 5,000 Contribution to Dining Room Refurbishment

£ 4,640 Medical Equipment for Cilgerran Ward

2006/07

£38,750 FNA-Ultrasound Scope & Nemio System

£10,000 Phillips Monitor Dinefwr Ward

£14,745 Defibrillators for A&E, Cleddau &Teifi Wards

£  6,600 Chairs for Various Wards

£  4,150 Infusion Pumps

2007/08

£77,075 Broncoscope,Treadmill, Oxymeter for Cardiology/Respiratory

£18,175 13 Pulse/Oxygen Monitors

£  9,000 Patient Information Package – PC

£13,445 Epidural & Breast Pumps Dinefwr Ward

£  7,550 Uretero-Renofiber Scope

£  4,040 Bladder Scanner Gwenllian Ward

£  2,495 C O Monitor A & E

£  1,645 Oximeters ART

£  2,050 Bariatric Chair ICU/HDU

£  1,250 2 Mobile Suction Units Merlin Ward

2008/09

£48,290 Cardiology Monitors

£  6,200 Bladder Scanner

£  1,400 Phlebotomists Chairs

2009/10

£21,000 Equipment for Respiratory Dept

£  9,920 Bath for Picton Ward

£  5,100 Portable Defibrillators

£  2,000 Beds

£  2,880 Treadmill & other equipment

2010/11

£69,440 Endoscopy Equipment for Surgical Dept

£18,555 Thoroscopy Equipment ENT

£15,720 Laryngoscope & other equipment  Merlin Ward

£  2,770 Equipment for Derwen Ward

2011/12

£20,610 Treadmill for Cardiology 

£19,740 Vuelta System Anaesthetic Haematology

2012/13

£  9,745 Nerve simulation system Urology Dept

£  4,750 Bariatric Chair Preseli Ward

£  3,550 Bed for Stroke Unit

£  1,500 Probe for Ultrasound machine Surgical Dept

£  2,430 Heart interface for Cardiology

£  1,750 Video Autoscope for ENT Dept

2013/14

£  5,080 8 Wheelchairs & 2 Mattress Trolleys Portering Services

£  2,395 Machine for Paediatric Audiology

£  3,875 Hi-low bed Steffan Ward

2014/15

£53,700 Video Duoendoscope machine 

£30,810 Ultrasound machine for pain relief 

£11,320 Respiratory diagnosis machine for Respiratory dept

£  3,300 Larynscope for ENT at Outpatients dept

£  1,180 Telescope for diagnosis Respiratory department

£  8,390 Wet room for Steffan ward

£  2,235 Bed for Steffan ward 

£  2,530 Mobile bariatric chair for ICU

£  3,800 Two high/low beds for Dewi ward

£  1,085 Electric couch for Ty Cymorth

£  7,545 ‘Simple Up’ platform for X-Ray dept

£  2,950 Oxygen testing machine for Respiratory dept

£  2,550 Stylus printer for Photography dept

2015/16

£128,290 Acupulse laser system ENT Dept

£  27,255 13 floor-level beds for Surgical & Orthopaedic Depts

£  11,310          PCNL system for keyhole surgery on kidney stones

£  24,995 Surestore system for keeping samples for Endoscopy Unit

£    7,025 Exbike Echo for Cardiography dept

£    4,365 3 heart monitors for the Cardiac Unit

£    1,080 ‘Steady’  chair for Gwenllian ward 

£    1,080 Chairs for Towy ward

£    1,000 Hydrotherapy Pool Cover

2016/17

£ 35,300 EMG Desktop System Medical Dept

£ 24,940 Slimline Colonoscope Gastroenterology Dept

£   5,805 Chairs for A & E Dept

£   2,110 Chairs for Steffan Ward

£   1,365 Chairs for Preseli Ward

£   1,000 Chair for Ceri Ward

£   7,915 Chairs for Priory Day Unit

£   6,020 24 Over-bed trays Priory Day Unit

£   2,670 Stools & Trolleys Oncology Dept

£   2,505 Outdoor Table & Chairs for Cwm Seren Unit

£   7,060 Bladder Scanner Preseli Ward

£   3,580 Furniture for Midwifery

£   5,460 Freedom Machine for Midwifery

£   1,850 25 Mobile EEG machine Cardiorespiratory 

£   4,580 Vyntus Walk Tablet & HemoCue machine Cardiorespiratory

£   1,295 Recumbert cycle Physiotherapy

£   1,515 Heel & Foot protectors 

£   4,640 32 Pressure relief cushions 

2017/18

£  32,375 Hi-low beds for various wards

£  22,750 Bariatric Equipment

£  20,000 Towards new machine for treating prostate conditions

£  17,920 EEG machine for Medical Dept

£    6,265 Flat-lift equipment

£    5,970 Tables, chairs & accessories Cwm Seren Unit

£    7,805 Surgery Trolley Coronary Care Unit

£    5,800 Bladder Scanner Coronary Care Unit

£    5,800 Bladder Scanner Teifi Ward

£    1,520 Breast pump SCBU

£    1,845 Patient turning equipment

£    1,000 Recliner chair Cleddau ward

£    6,320 ECG machine Branwen Suite

£    2,655 Chair Critical Care Unit

£    3,970 45 ‘Dementia Clocks’ for various wards

£    2,470 Infusion syringe Anaesthetics Dept

2018/19

£  11,970 30 mattresses Teifi Ward

£    4,700 ECG machine A & E Dept

£    7,615 6 Patient wheelchairs

£    5,635 Elliptical trainer, bike & rower Physiotherapy

£    2,935 Treatment Bed Chemotherapy Day Unit

£    3,365 14 Bedside lockers Preseli Ward

£    1,250 Dynamap Monitor Chemotherapy Day Unit

£    1,980 7 Bedside Tables Preseli Ward

£    1,105 6 Mattresses A & E Dept

2019/20

£ 13,330 Rhinolaryngo Videoscope ENT Dept

£   6,170 Clinical Treatment Chair for Ulcer Clinic

£   1,975 6 Benches for Friends Garden

£   1,725 4 Self-medication bedside lockers Towy ward

£   1,560 Recliner chair Clinical Decision Unit

£   5,070 14 Trolleys & Special Mattresses

£   1,830 Mangar Camel Lifting Cushion

£   1,290 2 Televisions Critical Care Unit

£   1,150 Wheelchair access & Nursery tables Children’s Centre

2020/21

£ 30,485 Ultrasound machine Padarn ward/Respiratory

£   5,970 Vision Screener for Orthoptist Team/Paediatric Clinic

£   4,950 10 Mattresses & pumps Clinical Decision Unit

£   2,270 2 LifePack Defibrillators Towy ward

2021/22

£ 1,286 various small items for various wards

2022/23

£ 9,400 Bladder Scanner Steffan ward

£ 9,400 Bladder Scanner Cadog ward

£ 7,220 Ultrasound Shock wave machine Podiatry Dept

£ 5,944 Assessment & Treatment chair Merlin ward

£ 4,632 Scanning probe Medical Day Unit

£ 1,629 Wall Art Mural Padarn ward

£ 3,786 4 Chairs Cadog ward

2023/24

£10,213 4 Specialist Chairs -Teifi, Cleddau & Derwen wards

£ 1,455 1 Specialist Chair Merlin ward

2024/25

£10,851 Training Equipment Resus Department

£11,250 B ladder Scanner Teifi ward

£10,860 Bladder Scanner Medical Day Unit

£2,627 Specialist Chair Cadog ward

£ 2,190 Wall Art Mural ITU/CCU

£ 2,032 Items for Chaplaincy 2019-25

2025/26 items requested & agreed

£12,742  10 Recliner chairs Midwifery Unit

£1,428  20 Plastic stacking chairs Medical Day Unit

£700  10 Air-layer Cushions Dialysis Unit

£1,500 Recliner Chair Diabetic Centre

£ 3,950 Vscan Air SL machine Postgrad Dept

£ 2,766  2 Recliner Chairs Dewi ward

£ 4,194 Steffan ward are requesting tables & chairs

Cardiac Unit has a legacy sum of £63,000 in their account and will

be requesting an item soon.

Between 2000 – 2025 we have also purchased various small items

totalling c£20,000

However, we do not have any details of purchases from 1948 to 1971

therefore an assumption of £1500 per year has been made totalling

£34,500

We have also purchased every year from 1970 until December 2019

Christmas Gifts for everyone in the hospital on Christmas Day with an

average total of £1000 per year.

Therefore another £50,000 has been added to the total.

BETWEEN 1971 AND 2025

TOTAL  PURCHASES

£2,040,065

OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS HAVE PURCHASED THESE ITEMS FOR GLANGWILI HOSPITAL THROUGH THE GENEROUS DONATIONS OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING BEREAVED FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHOSEN US TO RECEIVE MONEY IN LIEU OF FLOWERS ON SOMEONE’S DEATH AND ALSO FROM LEGACIES.

WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL.