Last week, Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region visited our Major Trauma Centre to see the work that it does in partnership with Day One Trauma Support at Aintree University Hospital and to unveil the recently refurbished family room alongside former patient, Ruby Flannagan.
The revamped room which provides a welcoming and comfortable space for families to take some time out whilst visiting their loved ones, has been facilitated by Day One Trauma Support, a charity who work closely with the Major Trauma Centre at Aintree to support patients and their families with much-needed emotional, practical and financial support following a catastrophic or lifechanging incident.
As part of the visit, the mayor was taken on a tour of major trauma services with the life-saving major trauma staff and beneficiaries of the charity funds generously donated by Day One Trauma Support before unveiling the room with Ruby.
Ruby Flannagan, 28, previously spent three months in Aintree University Hospital after emergency surgery to amputate her right leg and reconstruction of her pelvis and left leg when she was crushed between two cars in Wallasey in 2021. During her stay in hospital, Ruby, her mum Edwina Doyle, and son Leon, who was only six months at the time, were supported by Day One Trauma Support.
Pete Turkington, Executive Managing Director, University of Liverpool Hospitals Group, said:
“The Major Trauma Team do a fantastic job every day caring for those in need after suffering a catastrophic injury. It isn’t just the medical recovery that is important, but the psychological support required post incident for the patient and their family. Having this comforting space for relatives to take time out when visiting loved ones is essential and we are extremely grateful to Day One Trauma support for facilitating this amazing investment in the centre and allowing us to provide the best possible care to our communities.
“On behalf of the team at Aintree, we’d like to extend our thanks to Mayor Rotheram and Ruby for officially opening the newly refurbished family room and continuing to support the work that we do.”