Ten members of staff from across University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) are set to tackle the London Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday 7 April 2024 in a bid to raise vital funds for UHNM Charity.

A team of both clinical and non-clinical staff are lining up together to help UHNM Charity improve patient care and experience at the Royal Stoke and County hospitals.

Directors, surgeons, nurses and sisters will be lacing up their trainers along with a biochemist, healthcare assistant, porter and secretary to race 13.1 miles through central London alongside 19,000 other runners.

Lisa Thomson, Director of Communications and Charity at UHNM said: “I am delighted to announce that Team UHNM will be taking to the streets of the capital in April to run the London Landmarks Half Marathon to help improve the care and experience of patients at UHNM. We have put together a team of ten brilliant and deserving runners from right across UHNM who will all have an unforgettable day, and I encourage as many colleagues, family, friends and members of the public as possible to get right behind them and donate to Team UHNM.”

Team UHNM is made up of:

. Dr Matthew Lewis, Executive Medical Director

. Mr Wayne Jaffe, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

. Oliver Priest Consultant Oesophagogastric Surgeon

. Julian Waldron, Clinical Biochemist

. Alex Worsey, Sister Ward 105 (Surgical Ambulatory Care Unit)

. Jessie Dickson, Deputy Director of Communications and Charity

. Jessica Mulroy-Johnson, Engagement and Marketing Lead, Targeted Lung Health Checks

. Lee Jones. Porter

. Matthew Craft, Healthcare Assistant Ward 218 (Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke)

. Joanna Jones, Secretary