New rest areas for staff members at Staffordshire's largest hospital will be named after Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Biddulph Nub News reported recently how UHNM Charity has funded two temporary rest areas at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, providing staff with a tranquil area to relax and escape the busy demands of clinical life.

The units will now be given a new name in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore, who died on Tuesday aged 100 with Coronavirus and pneumonia after raising £33 million for the NHS by walking laps of his garden.

The rest areas will now be called the "Captain Sir Tom Retreat".

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Chief Executive Tracy Bullock said: "There have been many things that we as an organisation have been able to do through Captain Sir Tom's actions that we wouldn't have been able to do otherwise because of the financial constraints within the NHS at this moment in time."

The two temporary units, installed outside the hospital's Main Atrium and Trent Building, are kitted out with socially distanced comfortable chairs and tables and be partitioned to ensure to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Staff using the facilities will be able to watch television and make use of the vending machine as well take a well-earned break in comfortable surroundings.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson encouraged a national "clap for Captain Tom" last night (Wednesday) at 6pm.