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Team Rautomead raises £750 for PATCH at the Great North Run

Posted: 10 October, 2018

Another incredible fundraising effort from Team Rautomead, who have worked so hard at fundraising for PATCH over the years.

PATCH Texas Scramble at the Monksford Golf Course

Posted: 20 August, 2018

£1000 was raised at a golf competition held in aid of PATCH.

First Dundas medal awarded to specialist palliative care team in Glasgow

Posted: 5 March, 2018

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and charity PATCH award inaugural medal to team acknowledging palliative care excellence

Rautomead raise over £5k at Kiltwalk 2017

Posted: 24 November, 2017

After an incredible day at the RBS Dundee Kiltwalk, Rautomead walkers raised £5,432 for PATCH.

Borders tea party ‘take two’ raises £2000 for PATCH

Posted: 15 October, 2017

Friends of PATCH in the Borders held another successful tea party in aid of the charity. In addition to some wonderful baking, there was a raffle, sale of designer clothes and sale of hand-knitted tea cosies.

Perthshire Highland cattle gathering raises £50k for PATCH

Posted: 18 September, 2017

Balnabroich Farm, Blairgowrie, welcomes over 400 to Open Day in aid of PATCH.

Nurse working in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh graduates with a certificate in palliative care

Posted: 16 August, 2017

Carol Ann Smith, who works in an acute surgical ward in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, recently graduated with a certificate in palliative care. The funding for her course, which is organized by St Columba’s Hospice and Queen Margaret University Edinburgh, was provided by PATCH.

Doddie and PATCH are a winning team

Posted: 22 May, 2017

Charity dinner raises over £8,000 to help fund palliative care projects in Borders.

Dundas medal launched to commemorate Aberdeen consultant

Posted: 27 April, 2017

Scottish charity PATCH and Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and collaborate to recognise those delivering best palliative care.

“SPOT” Safer Prescription of Opioids Tool

Posted: 3 April, 2017

PATCH funded the prototype stage of SPOT – a novel application that can be used on a range of mobile devices including laptops, tablets and smartphones to calculate painkiller dosages.