Thanks to one lovely Berkshire lady called Edna...

....more lives will be saved at the fantastic Buscot ward at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. I was privileged to spend a couple of mornings there just a while ago, to meet the brave parents of tiny little premature babies, fighting for their lives and a ticket home after sometimes months spent in the special care baby unit.

Edna Flook lived in Tilehurst until her death just eighteen months ago, and she decided to leave the money to the Royal Berkshire hospital in her will, after having spent a month in the hospital before she died. She asked that it was used to endow a ward or purchase a scanner. The hospital have said they're thrilled to be able to do just that.

While the rest of the country is all stressed and upset about old people and how they can afford their end-of-life care (an enormous problem for so many families), isn't it wonderful to hear about a woman who was in the unique position of being able to think of others at the end of her life?