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Anyone over the age of 16 can be a member. It’s free and you can choose how involved you would like to be. You might just like to receive our regular newsletters, or you may want a more active role. You decide.
Benefits of becoming a member of the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Being consulted about future major plans.
- The opportunity to contribute to special interest groups.
- Invitations to free health presentations from our leading medical and surgical consultants and specialists.
As a member you have the right to elect other members to the Council of Governors.
Another advantage is that foundation trust members can join NHS discounts, where reduced-price products and services are offered to NHS employees, their families and Foundation Trust public members – that’s you!
Members health events and Annual Members Meetings
We hold an annual, in-person members meeting- all members are invited to hear reports from the Trust's executive leadership team and others on the work and running of the Trust.
We also hold bimonthly members health events where people can hear from clinicians and other staff about our services and the work of our staff.
Upcoming events
- Tuesday 13 May 6.30pm-7.30pm
Online health event: research and innovation at Frimley Health
With Matt Gardiner, associate medical director for research and innovation and consultant hand and plastic surgeon Matt will talk about the value and importance of research and innovation across Frimley Health, with examples of what it has achieved, and opportunities for patients and public to get involved.
- Tuesday 1 July 6.30pm-7.30pm
- Tuesday 18 November 6.30pm-7.30pm
Tuesday 11 March 2025
My Frimley Health Record and what it offers to our patients
Gareth Roberts- Consultant respiratory physician and chief of service for transformation and continuous improvement. And Graham Smith- consultant orthopaedic surgeon. Gave a presentation on MyFrimleyHealth Record. MyFrimleyHealth Record is a website and app that provides patients with the resources to manage their care and access services at any time.
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Our strategy 2025-2030
James Clarke, Chief Strategy Officer talked about our new strategy for 2025-2030.
Tuesday 14 January 2025
FASTer management of stroke
Dr Ottilia Speirs and Ailsa Hutchings spoke about pre hospital video triage for stroke and stroke thrombectomy. Dr Ottilia Speirs is consultant stroke physician, joint acute lead - Frimley and Surrey Heartlands integrated stroke delivery network (ISDN). Ailsa Hutchings is a stroke nurse consultant and joint clinical stroke lead for Frimley Health.
19 November 2024
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and community services
Dr Gareth Roberts, consultant respiratory physician and chief of service for transformation and continuous improvement. And Mrs Sally Bustin, advanced clinical practitioner, advanced COPD lead for the adult integrated respiratory (AIR) team. Explored the latest community services on offer for patients with COPD and other lung diseases.
24 September 2024
30 July 2024
Advances in treating Parkinson's disease
Dr Jeremy Stern, consultant neurologist, spoke about advances in treating Parkinson's disease.
14 May 2024
What's new in prostate cancer?
Mr Simon Bott - consultant urologist gave a presentation on "What's new in prostate cancer?"
6 March 2024
Knowledge is power: elevating cancer awareness & support in our community
At this health event our Cancer Information and Support Services team spoke about how they can empower, inform and uplift our patients, their families and those living in the community with cancer.
A chance to hear from our expert speakers, real patient stories and an opportunity for our community to come together for a healthier tomorrow. With Mary Hayes Macmillan head of nursing for cancer and Jessica Tutton Macmillan cancer information and support manager.
23 January 2024
The value and importance of research and innovation across Frimley Health
Our online health event with Matt Gardiner, associate medical director for research, and Swapna Thomas, head of research talked about the value and importance of research and innovation across Frimley Health, with examples of what it has achieved, and opportunities for patients and public to get involved.
28 November 2023
Frimley Health transforms eye services at Heatherwood Hospital
Hospital eye services are in high demand, almost 10% of the national NHS backlog is in ophthalmology with hundreds of thousands of patients across the country currently on the waiting list to start treatment. The eye services we offer at Frimley Health was discussed at our health event, on 28 November.
You can watch the recording of the event here, hearing from our ophthalmology experts about how we have transformed eye services at Heatherwood Hospital for patients across the region.
26 September 2023
27 June 2023
Skin cancer: diagnosis, management and prevention
Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world and in the UK alone 147,000 new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are diagnosed each year.
This important topic was the subject of our health information event with presenters Miss Deborah Green and Mr Kuen Yeow Chin, consultant plastics surgeons.
18 April 2023
Living with lung conditions
Respiratory disease affects one in five people in the UK and is the third biggest cause of death in England after cancer and cardiovascular disease. Cases are climbing and during the past seven years, hospital admissions for lung disease have risen at three times the rate of all admissions generally.
This captivating topic was the focus of our health information event led by our chief of service for medicine and respiratory consultant, Dr Gareth Roberts. The free event explored the impact of chronic respiratory conditions and the services the Trust provides to help patients stay as healthy as possible. The event also provided advice and guidance on how people can keep their lungs in the best condition when living with a chronic respiratory problem.
Dr Roberts was joined by respiratory specialist nurse, Sally Bustin, who discussed the latest community services on offer for patients with COPD and other lung diseases – including the post discharge rehabilitation programme and the support provided to help patients avoid admission to hospital.
21 February 2023
Cardiology
Presented by cardiologist, Dr Peter Clarkson, the event gave a great insight into our cardiology services, the latest achievements that have led to it becoming a centre of excellence and the vision for the future at Frimley Health.
Dr Clarkson was joined by some of his colleagues, Lt Col Andrew Cox and Sister Tara Donohoe, who talked about introducing a brilliant new cardiology service in our community hubs - an exciting initiative that will see GPs given specialist training in low-risk cardiology services - which will significantly reduce wait times for patients, while also freeing up hospital services for more serious cases.
Dr Lydia Sturridge talks about the cardiology community hubs.
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Every day matters at Frimley Health
At Frimley Health we understand that every day matters when you’re in our care. None of us want to be poorly or want to spend longer within a healthcare setting than we have to. To ensure the best outcomes and experience for you, we want to ensure you are encouraged and feel confident in playing an active role in your care and treatment with us. That's why we've focused our next health information event on just that - the role you can play in your healthcare and how are we working with you to support you in doing that.
28 September 2022
3 November 2021
Members newsletters and magazines
Each month we send our members an email newsletter to share the latest news and stories from the Trust. We also produce an occasional print magazine, In Touch- digital versions are below.
If you are already a member and haven't received your newsletter, please contact us.