GNCH Appeal
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Find out more about how you can help make children's experiences in hospital so much better here:
GNCH Appeal
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"I've heard all about the new types of distraction therapy the staff would like to offer to help put children at ease when they come into hospital and I think their ideas are brilliant. This appeal will help them to provide new type of therapy techniques in treatment rooms to try to make children look forward to going there rather than feeling upset and frightened." Emily's mumSend us your comments
Transforming the Newcastle Hospitals
0191 233 6161An unparalleled breadth of children's services
The Great North Children’s Hospital (GNCH) opens its doors later this year heralding a new era for children and their families living all over the North of England. This copper-clad, circular building will be a state-of-the-art centre of international excellence for children’s care bringing virtually all the region’s pioneering paediatric units together under one roof – providing everything a sick child might need in an environment tailored to the needs of children, teenagers, their families and staff. This achievement has been a great ambition in Newcastle now for many years and will ensure safe, rapid and responsive care for acutely ill and injured children.
Widest range of specialist services outside of London
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This landmark hospital will offer an unparalleled breadth of expertise in children’s healthcare providing a wider range of tertiary specialist services and secondary general paediatric care than any other hospital outside of London.
It will have its own A&E Department designed specifically for children, a purpose built day case surgery unit and one of the very best children’s cancer centres in Europe - not to mention a world-leading “Bubble Unit” which treats children from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Fifteen month old Rhianna from Crook in Co Durham who has dysplastic kidneys and is waiting for a transplant operation to receive a kidney donated by her mum.
Access to the very latest facilities and leading edge equipment
All the very latest facilities will be on hand including a special paediatric theatre suite featuring two laparoscopic theatres enabling our expert paediatric surgeons to carry out keyhole surgery - minimally invasive surgery which involves tiny incisions and narrow instruments rather than the large cuts and large instruments used in traditional open surgery. This approach means patients recover much more quickly with a shorter hospital stay and a reduced risk of complications.
Responding to Lord Darzi's vision for better care for children
Lord Darzi’s report reviewed the way the NHS delivers care for acutely ill children and recommended better organisation of services and better access to specialist paediatric care by creating a network of acute paediatric assessment units across the region, with back-up from regional centres of excellence concentrating on the provision of specialist services. The GNCH will fulfil this role. Children with straightforward conditions will get as much care as possible close to home whilst those with more serious or complex conditions will be quickly referred to GNCH for the expert treatment they require.
GNCH is a key step in implementing Lord Darzi’s recommendations to ensure that an improved network of care for children is achieved. Clinical “hub & spoke” networks will be established with GPs and local paediatricians across the region to provide the highest quality care for children.
An excellent learning environment leading to better care for children
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“Bringing together nearly all children’s services into the GNCH will offer a huge array of benefits for children, teenagers and their families - not only almost no travelling between hospital sites, but increased opportunities for sharing knowledge and skills, rapid referral between clinicians and greater networking between specialist and general care teams, all providing an excellent learning environment leading to better and better clinical outcomes for children.” Professor Andrew J Cant, Clinical Director for Children’s Services, Director of the Children's Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and President of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
Paediatric medical and nursing staff from other hospitals across the North of England very much appreciate the support they get from Newcastle for specialist children’s medical care and share our excitement about the prospect of a new regional children’s hospital where children are seen in an environment dedicated to them and designed to meet their specific needs.
