Coronavirus: Peterborough health trust thanks city schools for PPE donations

The visors are being used by physical health and mental health teams working at the trust’s inpatient wards and when they treat people in their own homes.

CPFT’s frontline teams have received visors made to the required NHS standards from a range of schools and community groups including:

. Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon

. King’s School, Ely

. Longsands Academy, St Neots

. Peterborough schools including Arthur Mellows Village College, Jack Hunt School, King’s School, Nene Valley Academy and Ormiston Bushfield Academy

. Uppingham School

. The Chiltern Learning Trust, Luton

. Makespace community workshop, Cambridge.

Vicky Thompson, head of nursing and quality for the trust’s older people and adult community directorate, said: “The visors are a very welcome addition to the range of personal protection equipment our staff have access to.

“The response of our frontline clinical teams has been exceptional during the Covid-19 pandemic – and so has the generosity and support of the public.

“At CPFT we have physical health and mental health in-patient wards, and community physical health and mental health teams team treating people in their own homes.

“With our community physical health nurses, in particular, they are treating older people and those with long-term conditions who are the very people who are most at risk from coronavirus – and so these visors will help to keep both patients and staff safe by helping to prevent the spread of infection.”

Offers of donations of PPE can be made via [email protected]. Donations to frontline staff can be made to the trust’s Head To Toe charity via [email protected].

CPFT employs more than 4,000 staff who provide community physical healthcare for older people and those with long-term conditions, mental healthcare for children and adults, children’s health services in Peterborough, learning disability support and social care support.