Glasgow’s newest hospital will be taking to the airwaves as it prepares to launch its very own radio station.

Following the creation of a brand new radio suite, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital will be broadcasting to patients and people at home in just a few weeks time.

Norman Ross, founding member of the first hospital radio service 47 years ago, is a trustee of the hospital broadcasting service and will be on air throughout the week.

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He said: “The radio station has been on the go since 1969 but with the reorganisation of the hospitals, it has taken until now for us to put in the connections between ourselves and the new Queen Elizabeth hospital.

“We’ve been broadcasting across the rest of Glasgow hospitals week after week but now we're looking forward to broadcasting to over 1,000 patients who are at the super hospital.”

Patients will be able to listen to the new station on a bedside radio service as well as online and via mobile phone apps, which also allows family and friends at home to listen to programmes and dedications.

Norman adds: “There has been a lot of studies about hospital radio’s therapeutic value and over the years. I have had a lot of experience with patients and you can actually see the results too.

“In the earlier days when patients were for a lot longer periods, the ability of sending messages from patients to family and friends always lifted them.

“My experience at Radio Clyde, when I was broadcasting the other way - from hospital to family at home - achieved a huge number of listeners every week which shows the popularity of it. It creates good feeling and improves wellbeing which helps with patients recovery.”

To help with the day-to-day running of the station, Norman and the team are appealing for volunteers.

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“There’s a lot of work. I do two programmes, a request programme and another specialised music programme, they take up about seven or eight hours of my time so we’re looking for people who can spare three or four hours, one day a week to work as production, presenters or music coordinators - that kind of thing.

"Volunteers are really important."

Anyone who wishes to volunteer with the hospital broadcasting service is advised to visit http://www.hbs.org.uk/