Keith's 30-mile hospital walk fro King's Mill Hospital's scanner appeal

Keith Wallace, aged 64, visited all three of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s hospitals, from Newark Hospital, to Mansfield Community Hospital, before finishing at King’s Mill in Sutton.

The money will go towards a £550,000 gamma scanner with CT scanning technology for the hospital.

Mr Wallace, who carried out the walk on the NHS’s 70th birthday, said: “I am very pleased with the turn out – there were half a dozen people who walked the whole way with me. By the time we got to the hospital on Mansfield Road there were almost 30 of us. It was very warm, especially the hottest part of day when we were crossing open fields near Rainworth. We were right on time, so we got a good half- hour at the Lurcher pub in Rainworth who gave us free chip cobs.”

HOW TO DONATE

Donations to the appeal can be made by texting 70070 and quoting SFHC18 to donate £5 or £10, online at justgiving.com/sherwoodforest or by cash or cheque at the community hub in the entrance of King’s Mill Hospital.

Alternatively, cheques can be posted to Scanner Appeal, the Chad, Unit 2a Sherwood Oaks Business Park, off Southwell Road West, Mansfield NG18 4TB. Cheques should be made payable to Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity.