What we do …
The BHLF Trustees meet once a month, except in August and December, currently the meetings are scheduled for the first Friday of each month. Details if required can be confirmed by emailing, or if you have any other questions or enquiries also email friendsofbodminhospital@gmail.com
During the monthly meetings formal discussion takes place in relation to funding requests for equipment and services not supplied by the NHS for wards and units within the parameters of our constitution.
Other aspects of the meeting include any event planning or relevant actions that need to be agreed and progressed on existing projects. Ultimately the aim at each meeting is to try and progress and optimise the support given to the local hospitals aims and mission.
Bodmin Hospital
Bodmin Community Hospital was the first hospital to be built in Cornwall for 50 years at a cost of just over £10 million. It is currently nearing the end of some extensive maintenance work in relation to fire safety which has meant the relocation of some units to other locations during that time, these are gradually returning as work is completed.
It offers a wide range of medical and psychiatric care with two general wards, the Woodfield Stroke Unit, a Minor Injury Unit, Out-patient, Physiotherapy and X-ray departments. In addition there are five psychiatric wards which include an acute admissions ward, a psychiatric intensive care unit, rehabilitation services and a ward for the care of people with dementia, catering for patients throughout Cornwall.
In 2019 Sowenna, a new Adolescent Mental Health Unit with ‘state of the art’ facilities, was built within the hospital grounds and with 12 beds this caters for young people aged 13 to 18. Parking for the hospital and all other facilities on the site is free and there is plenty of disabled parking.