Thanks to a £400,000 donation from Friends of the Friarage, the new STRIVE Academic Centre opened its doors at the Friarage Hospital. The centre features an immersive simulation teaching space, a library, three teaching rooms, a computer room, common room, offices and a video wall, which will benefit medical students for generations to come.

Located above the Gara ward, the centre will put the Northallerton hospital at the forefront for providing cutting-edge training facilities for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students as well as for staff.

It's not just state-of-the-art equipment that we help to fund, smaller items can be just as important too!

Every year we provide a Christmas present for patients who have to be in hospital over the festive season, and we also give out a gift to all wards and departments to say a big thank you to our valued Friarage staff.

TWO new state-of-the-art ultrasound scanners are set to reduce discomfort and speed up recovery for patients undergoing mastectomies and other surgical procedures at the Friarage.

The scanners, which significantly reduce discomfort through the more accurate use of an anaesthetic technique called nerve blocking, have been provided thanks to a £42,000 investment from the Friends of the Friarage.

Used with a local anaesthetic, or in combination with a general anaesthetic, nerve blocking allows a highly targeted approach to anesthetising the patient prior to surgery. This results in an improved patient experience, with quicker recovery rates and lower numbers of patients having to stay in hospital overnight.

Specialist diagnostic equipment (Heidelberg machine) costing £153,000 for the Friarage.