Randerson Signs Petition to Save UHW Trolley Service

2.21.54pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 20th Apr 2007

Jenny signs the petition

The Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) are looking to withdraw their services from the University Hospital including the trolley service which has been going for 35 years. Today Jenny Randerson signed a petition that seeks to retain the services along with Councillor Kate Lloyd who has been a WRVS volunteer herself. They also met with a number of volunteers.

Jenny Randerson AM, Health Spokesperson for the Welsh Liberal Democrats said "The 5 volunteers that run the trolley shop have over 50 years experience, they were devastated to be told last week that the WRVS were closing all the projects at UHW.

"As a whole the projects are not making enough money although the important trolley shop is. I will be signing their petition in the hope that people's hospital stays can continue to be as pleasant as the WRVS make them. I will also be writing to the WRVS to ask why these particular services are being cut.

"The elderly and those patients with no visitors will miss the service most and I am pleased that Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust seem keen to find a solution."

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