Supporting the work and the patients in our hospitals
More than a quarter of our income comes from gifts in wills and they make an extraordinary difference to the work in our hospitals.
Most recently, we have supported the purchase of a new surgical robotics system, two private havens for families of patients receiving palliative care as well as a research institute for nurses, midwives, health professionals and a haematology clinical trial fellow.
When you include a gift in your will you are saying a forever thank you that will help us to support the patients, staff and wider communities of the North East.
Write your will for free
We’ve partnered with experts Farewill and the National Free Will Network to offer you a free Will-writing or updating service.
Anyone over the age of 18 can access our free will-writing services and you can write your will online and in the comfort of your own home in as a little as 30 minutes:
If you are an NHS staff member at Newcastle Hospitals, please follow this unique link on the Benefits Everyone website
When you include a gift in your will you are saying a forever thank you that will help us to support the patients, staff and wider communities of the North East.
Legacy case study
Caroline Jennings story
Susan Caroline Jennings (nee Edmundson and known as Caroline) now lives in North Norfolk, but was born in Corbridge and is very proud to be from the North East. Susan decided to leave a gift in her Will to Newcastle Hospitals Charity due to her long family association with the city’s hospitals.
Caroline takes up the story “At the age of two I developed Tuberculosis and was treated at both the RVI and the Fleming Children’s Hospital. Those hospitals saved my life.
“I have so many connections with the Newcastle hospitals. My Uncle Freddie (Frederick Miller) worked at the RVI as Consultant Paediatrician in Child Health and my Aunt was a Doctor for the Premature Baby Unit. I myself worked as a nurse at the General Hospital, Newcastle in the Blood Transfusion Service and in 1962, I met my husband Roy Jennings who was a Dental Student at Durham University (now the Newcastle Medical School).
“Roy and I we were married in Whitley Bay and after 61 years of happy marriage, Roy died last July 2024. That’s why I would like to make a gift to the heart unit at the RVI in my Will.”
Got a question?
If you would be interested in discussing leaving a gift in your will, have questions about the process, or would like to request a copy of our brochure, please get in touch for a no-obligation chat. You can call Ed Milner on 07860 354095 or email: edward.milner2@nhs.net