Teddies For Loving Care
During the morning of Friday 13 February, Midsomer Norton Freemasons from Connaught Lodge donated twenty-four TLC Teddies to Hope House Surgery in Radstock that were gratefully received by Practice Nurses Debbie Williams, Hollie Skese and Lucy Cotterill, specifically for use in the Friday morning child injection clinic.
with Nurses Debbie Williams, Hollie Skese and Lucy Cotterill
The Teddies for Loving Care initiative provides unique cuddly bears to hospitals and other medical facilities for staff to give at their discretion to young children. Providing comforting teddies to help young children cope with difficult situations and to calm them down makes it easier for nursing and medical staff to look after them. It is also less distressing for the parents who may have to manage their upset child who is resisting treatment.
The medical staff can demonstrate on the teddy that the injection didn’t hurt, or teddy has its arm bandaged, thus reassuring the youngster. The bears thereby distract the children so nurses and doctors can get their jobs done quickly and efficiently. As a reward for being brave the child is allowed to take the teddy home.
The scheme is funded solely through the generosity of the freemasons themselves, and the TLC teddy has become an invaluable tool for medical professionals and a real comfort for children. As Nurse Debbie said, ‘the kiddies come into the clinic quite happy then start to protest once they realise what’s going to happen. The teddies will certainly make treating s struggling child that much easier’.
