The cots used on the children’s unit are around 13 years old, are worn and need upgrading. Unfortunately, with internal funding in short supply and many competing projects, the hospital are not able to replace them. This year new regulations for cots are being released, so it is expected that the new cots will be designed around childcare and handling and will make a positive difference to the safety and the comfort of the patient. They will be easy to use and maintain, helping to deliver the highest standard of hygiene, and will have special features to care for acutely ill children.
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Tameside General Hospital – FENO machine
The Community Children’s Nursing Team at Tameside General Hospital has asked for our help to provide a Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FENO) machine for use with their young patients with asthma. Asthma is a common condition affecting one in 11 children in the UK. In addition to coughing, wheezing and breathlessness, asthma can leave kids […]
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Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice, Liverpool – Safespace Cot
Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice
Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice in Liverpool cares for around 40 babies and infants aged 0-5 with both life-limiting and life-threatening conditions such as epilepsy, cerebral palsy and spinal muscular atrophy. Sometimes children are risk-assessed and it is concluded that standard cots are not appropriate for them to sleep in. Regular cots can pose a danger […]
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Chadderton Park Cerebral Palsy Football Team Football Frames
Chadderton Park Sports Club in Oldham runs a football team especially for children and young people with cerebral palsy. Playing in the team benefits the physical, social and emotional development of the young players, as well as offering a sense of community for them and their parents or carers. The young people on the team […]
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“The team are really appreciative of the AccuVein AV400 as it now ensures staff can always wear gloves when trying to feel for veins that have previously been difficult to palpate, which given the current pandemic is even more essential.”
Donna Pooley
Nurse Manager
Sheffield Children’s Hospital
