The Great North Children's Hospital
The Children's Foundation is launching a major appeal to provide world-class facilities for the new Great North Children's Hospital.
The NHS, through Newcastle Hospitals, is investing over £100m, making it the largest project of its kind in the history of the health service in the North East.
Due to be fully completed by 2010, this landmark development, based on the site of the RVI, will be a centre for excellence in children's healthcare for this region, similar to Great Ormond Street in London.
For the very first time, children's services will be under one roof, including a dedicated accident and emergency department, outpatient area and imaging suite.
The new children's hospital will be a fantastic resource, where children with life threatening and life limiting conditions from the North East and beyond, can receive the very best treatment.
The Children's Foundation wants to make that time in hospital as comfortable and stress free as possible. Our appeal therefore, aims to provide world-class, high-tech facilities, activities and equipment to help a child's recovery.
The support of The Children's Foundation's appeal will add considerable value, so that children and young people attending will have the best possible experience to aid their recovery and improve their wellbeing, but also reduce the stresses and strains impacted on the whole family at a very difficult time.
Our project wish-list includes:
Unique interactive floor and wall projection systems, designed by computer experts here in the region, aimed at stimulating young people.
A 3D Sports Motivational Rehabilitation Theatre consisting of exercise bikes which are linked to a visual display. The system provides visual motivation for children to carry out exercise and promote rehabilitation. The 3D systems also provide enjoyable distraction during periods of normal exercise for patients who are spending time in hospital.
Screens around the hospital which will digitally show children's artwork.
A medical research programme to ensure the 3D activities and installations make an impact on a child's recovery which could be copied by other children's hospitals right around the world.
Unique furniture such as individual chairs with ipod and laptop docks so children and young people can take some personal time and have their own space.
If you would like to raise money for the Great North Children's Hospital please contact Libby Nolan on 0191 282 0896 for a fundraising pack.
