Small Grants Scheme

Colpy Defib

Greg Manning has brought the old phone box in Colpy back into use with a life saving defibrillator.Picture: Becky Saunderson. Image No.039719 NHS Grampian Charity offers small grants to community groups throughout Grampian.  Greig Manning successfully applied for a grant to refurbish the former phone box at Colpy and installed a defibrillator for the local […]

Eye Surgery Simulator

Eye Surgery Simulator

NHS Grampian Charity has joined with local charity, Fighting for Sight, to donate a Vitreoretinal and Cataract Eye Surgery Simulator to the Ophthalmology Department at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.  This highly advanced simulator allows trainees to become familiar with a range of surgical techniques and to complete their training in Aberdeen. The simulator also gives experienced […]

Heart Research

Heart Research

Project 538 Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a rare condition in which the heart muscle cells especially of the main pumping chamber (the ‘ventricle’) are replaced by fat and scar tissue. Sarcoidosis is a condition that can affect many organs but when it affects the heart patches of inflammation can result in scarring, especially […]

Cardiomyopathy Research

Cardiomyopathy Research Team Project 537 The Coronary Care Research Fund is supporting a two-year study of Pathogenesis of Acute Stress Induced (Tako-tsubo) Cardiomypathy. Stress-induced (Tako-tsubo) cardiomyopathy presents acutely like myocardial infarction and the in-hospital mortality is comparable, yet coronary arteries appear normal.  Understanding of the mechanisms underlying this condition lags behind that of other cardiovascular […]

Gastroenterology Endoscope

GI Ultrasound Endoscope

Project 535 Endoscopic ultrasound is a crucial step in the investigatory pathway of patients with suspected cancer.    It is used in the staging of oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic and biliary cancers and can also be used to to take samples via fine needle aspiration of tumours or lymph nodes.  The Endoscopic Ultrasound can also assist […]

Roxburghe House

Roxburghe House Day Room

Project 474 Friends of Roxburghe House approached NHS Grampian Charity with proposals to improve the environment at Roxburghe House.  Macmillan were also keen to help and the three charities formed a partnership to build a Day Room extension and redesign and refurbish Roxburghe.  This included replacing soft furnishings, renovating the bathrooms and creating spaces for […]