The Denise Coates Foundation, set up by the co-CEO of Bet365 – who own a majority stake in Stoke City FC – has donated £10 million to the University Hospitals of North Midlands Charity (UHNM) to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Denise Coates CBE, daughter of Stoke City chairman Peter, established the charity in August 2012 before the name was changed to its current title in February 2016.
UHNM confirmed the donation on Monday with the helping to “deliver a number of significant schemes which will enhance and improve patient care and support our staff at both Royal Stoke Hospital and County Hospital, Stafford through the unprecedented demand for our services during this pandemic.”
UHNM Chief Executive Tracy Bullock said: “We are extremely grateful to the Denise Coates Foundation for this significant grant to support our staff and patients during Covid-19 and beyond.
“Covid-19 is affecting our local communities and this significant investment will also be used for initiatives with our partners in the community, mental health and social care to support them to support us.
“Thanks to the Denise Coates Foundation, we will be able to prioritise the well-being of our staff at a time when they are working harder than ever before in extremely challenging circumstances and enhance and improve the care and experience of our patients and their families.
“We are also delighted that plans to redevelop our Cancer Centre can be brought forward and will have a legacy far beyond Covid-19 to protect our vulnerable cancer patients and for this we offer our deepest and sincerest thanks.”
Denise Coates CBE, Denise Coates Foundation Trustee commented: “The trustees of the Foundation are committed to supporting the efforts of the University Hospitals of North Midlands, as it, its staff and its wider community of carers and volunteers face what must be the most demanding circumstances in the hospitals and, indeed, the NHS’s history. It and they stand on the front line in the battle against Covid-19.
“There are many stories of people suffering without the comfort of close friends and family as restrictions on people’s movement prevent loved ones visiting. This is why I and the other Trustees felt we had to step forward and approach the UHNM to see what we could do to help.”
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