St George's Hospital staff members have been gifted 9,000 re-useable face coverings in partnership with the personalised photo gifting company Photobox and St George's Hospital Charity.

The face coverings – branded with the St George's Hospital Charity colours – will help staff protect themselves and others while outside the hospital, such as when travelling to and from work.

The face coverings for staff have been 100% funded by Photobox following an inquiry from Rosie Taylor-Davies, founder of The Scrubbery, the local scrubs sewing initiative in South West London, together with her husband Christo who works for Photobox.

Upon hearing that St George's Hospital Charity was looking to provide face coverings the Photobox team immediately offered to manufacture and design the 9,000 for free.

The team at Photobox said:

"At Photobox, we're grateful to have had the opportunity to support the NHS during these challenging times by donating 9,000 customised face masks. It was a pleasure to collaborate with the St George's Hospital Charity team to design these vibrant reusable masks for staff"

Amerjit Chohan, Chief Executive of St George's Hospital Charity, said:

"We've had so much support from local, national and even international companies since the Covid-19 pandemic started - so we are really grateful to Photobox for funding these re-usable masks for staff"

The face coverings come in two different colours, and are being distributed to clinical and non-clinical teams at St George's, Queen Mary's and community sites over the coming days.

Nicola, Respiratory Nurse Specialist told us:

"The re-usable face masks are fab and amazing quality. So grateful to St George's Hospital Charity and Photobox"

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