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Children’s hospital expands pioneering tumour rehab service
Southampton Children's Hospital has expanded its pioneering outpatient rehabilitation service for young brain and spinal tumour patients. The team now includes a clinical psychologist and assistant psychologist who will work alongside physiotherapist Kate Gatehouse...
Voice star Donel to become Southampton Children’s Hospital ambassador
Teen singing sensation Donel Mangena is set to become an ambassador for Southampton Children’s Hospital. The city-based 16-year-old, who was runner-up in The Voice UK 2018, will be unveiled at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust’s open day on...
Get your Will written for FREE this September
Throughout September, Southampton Hospital Charity and Southampton Children's Hospital Charity are inviting supporters to have their Will professionally written or updated in exchange for a small donation to the charity. The donation will buy you the time to sit and...
Children’s kidney unit teams up with Waitrose
Southampton Children’s Hospital has teamed up with supermarket giant Waitrose to offer cookery sessions to children and young adults with kidney conditions along with their families. The store in Salisbury will host the event over two days next week (14 and 15 August)...
Southern Co-op charity week for children’s hospital
Colleagues at a Southampton Co-op preparing for a week of fundraising and endurance with different activities taking place every day during Charity Awareness Week for Southampton Children’s Hospital.
Kidney patients to compete in British Transplant Games
A team of nine young kidney transplant patients from Southampton Children’s Hospital are gearing up to take part in this year’s British Transplant Games – but need the support of the public to help them get there. Support us today – 023 8120 8881
Jersey to Southampton row raises over £36,000
Congratulations to the eleven members of staff from University Hospital Southampton who arrived into Ocean Village, Southampton in the early hours of 9th June in a 32 foot, six-oared rowing boat. These rowers successfully completed the first ever Jersey to Southampton...
Public urged to welcome home city’s doctors and nurses after record-breaking row
Members of the public are being urged to welcome home a team of Southampton doctors and nurses as they arrive at Ocean Village following a record-breaking 200km row from Jersey to Southampton. The gruelling 24-hour event, known as J2S and described as “epic” by...
Southampton clinicians take on epic row
A team of doctors and nurses from Southampton Children’s Hospital are set to row from Jersey to Southampton to raise funds for the city’s children’s emergency and trauma department appeal. The crew of 12 will undertake the 200km challenge – which has never been...
Children’s charity launches first hospital-based pre-school
The Piggles Trust has launched the first hospital-based pre-school in the country at Southampton Children’s Hospital. It aims to provide early years education to young patients nationwide.
Patients and staff to hold ‘Superhero Day’ to boost children’s ED appeal
Patients, staff and visitors are calling for community superheroes to come forward and boost the fundraising appeal for a new children’s emergency and trauma department in Southampton. They have teamed up with regional radio station Wave 105’s Cash for Kids project to...
Construction of new £5.1 million Children’s Emergency Department set to begin
Staff, patients and supporters announced today (Friday) construction of Southampton’s new children’s emergency and trauma department will begin next week. The state-of-the-art £5.1 million facility, which is expected to see more than 30,000 youngsters every year from...
Staff and patient to unveil space-age children’s imaging department
Staff and patients at Southampton Children's Hospital are set to unveil a new space-age imaging department at an opening event later today (Thursday). Work on the £1.5 million radiology renovation began in March 2015 to renew and modernise diagnostic equipment but...
Top TV chef involved in Dine at Mine events for children’s ED
A top TV chef has called on the community to hold dinner parties throughout May to bolster the fundraising appeal for a new children’s emergency department in Southampton. Shelina Permalloo, winner of the BBC’s MasterChef in 2012, said the innovative fundraising...
Saints squad makes annual hospital visit
Players from Southampton Football Club made their annual visit to meet patients and staff at the city’s university hospitals on Tuesday (3 April). The event, organised by Saints Foundation in partnership with Southampton Hospital Charity, saw the Premier League stars...
Celebrating the charity’s tenth birthday…
On Friday 9 March, Southampton Hospital Charity will be celebrating our tenth birthday. We work closely with our local community to support areas of the hospital service that lie beyond the scope of NHS funding to enhance the care and treatment of patients at...
Southampton dietitian creates recipe book for babies with heart disease
A Southampton dietitian has created a new recipe book written specifically for infants with congenital heart disease (CHD). Dr Luise Marino, who is based at Southampton Children’s Hospital, has developed the book as part of a current research study supported by the...
ITV presenter backs children’s emergency department appeal
ITV horse racing presenter Ed Chamberlin has backed the appeal for a new emergency and trauma department at Southampton Children's Hospital. The Broughton-based host, who previously worked on Sky Sports News and the broadcaster's Monday Night Football programme,...
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