Visit to Northampton General Hospital, Northampton

HRH The Duke of Gloucester meeting Mr. Alan Boaden (President St John Ambulance Northamptonshire),

HRH The Duke of Gloucester talking to Alan Boaden, President of St John’s Northamptonshire, who asked HRH to sign and present a certificate to commemorate 100 years of the Northampton Cadet Unit.

HRH The Duke of Gloucester meeting St John Cadets in Northampton

HRH The Duke of Gloucester visited Northampton General Hospital on 30 October 2024 and met with St Johns Cadets who are celebrating 100 year Anniversary in Northampton.

The volunteer cadets take part in a full programme which provides them with first aid training and develops their skills for the future.

HRH The Duke of Gloucester also officially opened the Organ Donor Memorial at Northampton General Hospital

The Duke met with members of the Northampton Organ Donation Committee, hospital staff involved in the organ donation process

HRH Meeting staff at NGH

HRH The Duke of Gloucester met families who have supported donation and those who have received transplants.

HRH Meeting families of Organ donors and recipient of an organ donation

Kristina Haggar is one of the patients who met the Duke. She received a lung transplant ten years ago and is now a part of the organ donation committee at NGH. She explained the significance of today for the committee and those who have received transplants:

“It was wonderful to see His Royal Highness here to officially unveil the sculpture. The memorial is in a good prominent position in the hospital grounds for people to see and will hopefully inspire others to consider the gift or organ donation.”

HRH The Duke of Gloucester with Sculptor of Organ Donor Memorial, Mrs. Beatrice Hoffman

The sculpture is in a garden area next to the hospital’s south entrance and provides a space for people to reflect on the life-giving gift that donation provides.

Designed by sculptor Beatrice Hoffman (pictured with HRH) and commissioned and funded by the Northampton General Hospital Organ and Tissue Donation Committee, the sculpture aims to celebrate and remember the incredible difference organ and tissue donation can make to the lives of others.

HRH The Duke of Gloucester invited by Mr Peter Martin (Chairman of Organ Donor Committee) to unveil a plaque to commemorate official unveiling of the Organ Donor Memorial.

HRH was invited by chair of the Organ Donation Committee, Peter Martin, to unveil a plaque to mark the occasion.