St. Saviours Medical Charity

what we do - the objective of the charity is to make grants (full or part dependent on financial circumstances) to residents of folkestone and hythe for medical treatment. grants are made to help them receive rapid private healthcare if in the opinion of their gp or consultant, they are suffering loss of quality of life due to delays in their treatment on the nhs. background to st saviour's medical charity - well over 150 years ago, a group of eminent men and women, including mr. gladstone, established the first church of england religious community for women to be formed for 300 years. they were named the sisters of mercy. in 1854 florence nightingale recruited the sisters and a party of them went to the crimea to nurse the wounded. after the war they founded the first st. saviour's hospital, in euston, treating cancer patients. at the turn of the century the sisters converted it to a general hospital for ladies of limited means and called in a committee of local businessmen to mana