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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“Infections of the central nervous system need urgent and appropriate treatment. Most laboratory methods can take from 24 to 48 hours for diagnosis of bacterial meningitis and three to seven days for diagnosis of viral meningitis or encephalitis. The new equipment will mean we can get results of these tests in around an hour. We’ll be able to inform the clinicians of a positive result, allowing targeted therapy and reassurance to the patients and families. Just as important is the reporting of negative results, which may enable treatment withdrawal and possibly a shorter hospital stay.”
Dr Pradeep Subudhi
Consultant Microbiologist
Royal Bolton Hospital
