Improving health & wellbeing
We provide specialist medical equipment for children in hospital
MedEquip4Kids improves the health and wellbeing of babies and children in the UK by providing equipment and facilities not available from limited NHS resources. We also deliver the Hummingbird Project, a programme of mental health workshops in schools.
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Our Projects
Neonatal Cots for Burnley Hospital
MedEquip4Kids funded four specialist cots for Burnley General Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, improving comfort for premature babies, supporting parents to take a more active role in their care, and helping around 100 babies each year.
Find out more →Community CAMHS South Nottingham
New play therapy resources are helping children supported by Community CAMHS South explore difficult feelings, manage anxiety and find a safe space through imagination and play.
Find out more →Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – Phototherapy for Hospital and Home
Jaundice is common in newborn babies and for healthy full-term babies is often mild and needs no treatment. However, it is more prevalent in sick or premature babies and, when left untreated, can be life-threatening. Phototherapy is usually administered in an incubator while the baby wears only a nappy, so as much skin as possible […]
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“The materials provided greatly help with the therapeutic process and engaging children, young people and their families in therapeutic work. The young people greatly appreciate having this equipment to use within their sessions. Many of the young people we see have a history of trauma including neglect and being able to access materials that they can use and enjoy is of great benefit and hopefully assists us to reinforce the messages of their worth as their self-concept is often very low.”
Michaela Foster
CAMHS Young People’s Team
Leicestershire CAMHS Partnership
