In 2009 a gift of £123,565 helped us fund a suite of specialist ophthalmology equipment for our Eye Department, allowing our surgeons to perform cataract surgery here at the hospital. Many children have already benefited from the specialist machines.

 In 2009 a gift of £1,000 was put towards funding a state-of-the-art CT scanner for The Children's Hospital. The scanner, which is quicker than the previous model and produces 3D images of inside the body, has benefited over 1,500 patients since it was installed in 2010.

In 2005 a gift of £14,899 was left to us and was put towards funding a pioneering ‘Operating Theatre of the Future' that was opened at the Children's Hospital in 2008. The theatre is equipped with full High Definition and allows our surgeons to offer more young patients the most sophisticated and least invasive form of surgery - keyhole surgery.

Between 2001 and 2011 gifts totalling £362,000 helped fund medical research here at the hospital and helped create a dedicated Clinical Research Facility here at the hospital. Thanks to public support we are privileged to have  some of the country's leading professionals at the hospital carrying out research into paediatric conditions such as: bone disease, cystic fibrosis, respiratory disease, diabetes and the genetic basis of many rare diseases