County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated organisations in the country. It provides hospital and community services to a population of over 650,000, and has a workforce of over 7,000 ambitious and talented colleagues.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust’s aim is to provide patients with safe, compassionate and joined-up care whenever it is needed. It wants to make patients’ stay in hospital as comfortable as possible and provide care that answers each patient’s needs and preferences.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of services in hospitals, homes and the community, such as adult services, children’s services, mental health services and specialist services.

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust carries out research which ranges from small scale observational studies to large scale multinational clinical trials within a wide range of conditions. With this research it means that patients have access to some of the most cutting edge treatments. Each year thousands of patients volunteer to take part in this research and studies. There are research facilities that the trust uses, they use The Centre for Clinical Research and innovation, at this facility they work in collaboration with clinicians and researchers to design and conduct high quality multicentre clinical trials addressing important health questions, this specific unit has the expertise to aid the design and conduct high quality trials.

Ways to support County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust:

Online, by phone, cash, cheque, in person or through JustGiving
You can host your own fundraising events.
Leaving a legacy to County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.
Joining their mailing list.
Sharing their website to friends and family.
Spreading awareness by talking to friends and family.

By donating to County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust you will be helping as it means that more research can be carried out, staff training will be improved/enhanced, environment for patients will be improved and the best possible treatment will be delivered as better equipment and technology can be purchased.

The trust’s charity has supported its hospitals and communities for over 50 years. Your donations help it keep supporting local NHS services in County Durham and Darlington.

ECS Textiles aims to raise at least £35,000 a year for the trust’s charity.