2014 Year Thirty Eight July to December

July-September 2014 

July

History Web Site Update

New video's added for 1989,1990,1991,1992. New audio now available from events of the years.

High quality versions of the video's,are also added to the radio YouTube page.

Internet Radios

A power supply for one of the internet radios,is replaced. This highlights a problem for us as the radio's are no longer made and spares are going to be an issue.

7th July Ward Report

A good couple of requests on ward 4 tonight. One lady was particularly excited that we had come to visit so that was nice. Sadly no login opportunities.

August

History Web Site Update

New video's added for 1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,new audio now available from events of the years. In addition new jingles added for playing from 1995,1997.

High quality versions of the video's, are also added to the radio YouTube page.

11th August Ward Report

Katie and I had a mixed bag evening last night.

We logged 1 person onto Wi-fi, gave another person Wi-fi details for when their husband brought their laptop in the next day, and we gave out 3 radios. We got a few requests from 2 patients which gave us a good selection of songs.

On the not so good side, 1 of the internet radios was turning on but then wouldn't connect to any of the pre-set radio stations. We've left this radio by the signing in book in the hope some magic can be done to fix it!.

New Base Stations

New improved n series Wi-fi base stations are installed in ward 4.

16th August Ward Report

Very busy on ward 4. There was only 1 empty bed. I helped 2 people connect and gave out 4 lots of the leaflets. A lady in the middle section complimented the Wi-fi and radio service and said that it has helped her through Her time at Heatherwood.

Two of the side wards had patients in and both using the WiFi..All in all a happy bunch today.

September

History Web Site Update

New video added for 1998.

High quality version of the video,are also added to the radio YouTube page.

Dave Smith Long Service

Not celebrated at the time, Dave completed 35 years service to the radio this month.

20th September Ward Report

Ward 4 was busy, most beds taken. I gave out two sets of headphones and connected 4 patients. Most people knew about the Wi-fi. One lady had a laptop and had used the Wi-fi since Friday morning. There was a patient who had an i-Phone and a Samsung phone.

A couple of nice comments about the service and that people were very grateful.

2014 Year Thirty Eight Story Unfolds

2014 was a very busy year for the station management and as the year unfolded there was much to do and organise

For further information about this year:- Follow the links

• 2014 January-June
• 2014 July-December
• 2014 News Desk Archive
• Story Of the Archive
• Radio Video Archive
• History Site Map

• October  

  October

  History Web Site Update

  New video added for 1999.

  High quality version of the video,
  are also added to the radio YouTube page.

  Saturday team member Ian Butcher completes 10 years service.

  Hospital Future

  PJ Writes:-

  The trust has been taken over by Frimley as from the 1st October and a number of articles have been published in the paper.

  An article in the Bracknell news this week does shed light on the fact that they do intend to sell off a large chunk of the site and provide a specialist unit elective surgery operation with 50 beds.

  In the article it says £60 million in debt was written off by the government and the expected new unit is likely to cost 50 million of which they are hoping to raise half from the sale of the land.

  I still think we are going to have to wait some time before we know what the final outcome will be for the site and the league of friends.

  Android type devices version Chrome

  More issues for chrome users the current version will not allow our player to work,they can use the windows play on the page but not our player.

  A problem throughout this year has been the updates by the chrome browser which regularly disabled our player on our rhapsody listening page.

  6th October Ward Report

  Today Jenny and I handed out 3 radios and helped 2 people log on.

  We removed another radio from the ward because all its pre-sets had disappeared. It is now in reception awaiting the sonic screwdriver.

  Internet Radio's Tampering

  A new problem with the use of the internet radios this year has been tampering with their setup rendering their station pre-sets un-usable.

  13th October Ward Report

  Jenny and I dished out 2 radios tonight and helped 2 people log on. There was a 3rd gentleman who had already found rhapsody but couldn't get any pages to load. We tried everything in our toolbox such as logging out and in again and disconnecting the trust Wi-fi but no luck. Any ideas anyone?

• November

  November

  1st November Ward Report

  Wards were busy , most people had found the wi-fi . I set one person up...a few people had old phones so could not connect...

  Player facelift

  Nov 9th, 2014,

  The player interface has had a bit of a makeover with some new controls added.

  15th November Ward Report

  Wards not that busy.

  Gave out one ward radio. Had a chat with one of the patients, she was telling me that she volunteers for five charities, she is retired and has the time to help others and been doing it for a number of years. She was very pleased that she was able to listen to the hospital.

  3 other people had already found the Wi-Fi.

  December

  December

  History Web Site Update

  New video's added for 2000, January to June, July to December. Revision of 2000 yearly diary and addition of mini-disc jingles update.

  High quality versions of the video's,are also added to the radio YouTube page.

  1st December Ward Report

  Patient Donation

  Patient on ward 10 makes a donation of £10, Katie and Jenny accept the donation but the patient wishes to remain anonymous.

  Air Cooler Engineering

  The air cooler in engineering has decided to meet the great big cooler heaven and so has been disconnected and is in reception for disposal.We will look at purchasing a new one sometime in the new year, before the warm weather returns. It has been running for seven years non stop, so not bad service .

  15th December Ward Report

  Tonight Jenny and I gave out 2 radios and helped 2 people log on as well as having a nice natter with the patients, relatives and staff.

  Wi-fi Link From Radio Web Site

  I have today made a link to listen to Radio Heatherwood in the left hand sidebar of every web page on the main radio site.

  This should make it easier to log into the service if you are a patient and arrive at one of the pages. Clicking on the picture of the radio will direct you to the listen page.

• Wi-fi Usage 2014 

  Connected 2013 - 2014

  The service was launched in 2013 and now has completed it's second year, we are now able to show both years figures and see the improvement in the amount of users year on year.

  Total Usage Hours 2014

  In 2013 the total hours for the year was 9099.in 2014 it has grown to 18,504 hours doubling on the previous years usage.

  Data Downloads and Uploads

And in the end

Another year draws to a close and as the station continues to hold on, there has been some high spots during the year and our volunteers have felt encouraged as the year has progressed.

The weekly reports from the wards have helped us all to understand what's happening and the level of support which is being received from grateful staff and patients.

Ensuring the success of the service has been the work done on improving the web pages both on the internet and the rhapsody Wi-fi. In addition the visits to the ward by Mondays and Saturdays has ensured the promotion of the rhapsody Wi-fi.

In 2009 we were first told about the closure of the studio and the demise of the hospital, we are at the end of 2014 and yet we are still here and pressing onward with our future.

We still don't know how this is going to pan out, but for the meantime it's business as usual!.

Those making a difference and maintaining Radio Heatherwood are Dave Smith, PJ Davidson-Smith, Ian Butcher, Katie Ayers,Jenny Gallagher.

Our sincere thanks go out to all our volunteers and the league of friends for their continued support.

Staff Joining This Year 0 Staff Leaving 0

Current Staff 5

Archive Gems

Just some extra's we found:-

• Rhapsody Wi-Fi Usage

  The use of the wi-fi, as well as anecdotal evidence it's always nice to back it up with hard data on what and who is using the wi-fi.

  Traffic Trend

  The first image shows visitors logging on per month since May 2014 when new reporting software was deployed to capture the data.

  Devices Connected

  The next image shows devices logging on since May 2014.

• Rhapsody Wi-Fi Usage

  Operating Systems Connected

  The next image shows operating systems logging on since May 2014.

  Browsers Connected

  The next image shows browsers logging on since May 2014.