Jamie Carragher heads £2.5m Alder Hey appeal for new state of art care unit

The Liverpool children’s hospital wants to build a truly world-class facility that wraps-around families with the most vulnerable babies in the region.
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Jamie Carragher is backing a fundraising appeal for a brand new, state of art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Alder Hey.

The aim is to raise £2.5m for the new unit which is a joint project between Alder Hey and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust.

What the Surgical NICU will provide

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Subject to planning permission, the new unit will result in a further 22 neonatal cots for Liverpool and will feature 18 individual family rooms where parents can be alongside their poorly new-borns whilst they’re receiving expert care.

The unit will address a shared concern between Liverpool Women’s and Alder Hey that babies who need specialist surgery currently have to be transferred to Alder Hey to get the specialist surgical care they need and are then transferred back to Liverpool Women’s Hospital to continue their specialist neonatal care.

An image of what the Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Alder Hey would look like.An image of what the Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Alder Hey would look like.
An image of what the Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Alder Hey would look like.

The cost

The planned facility will cost £16.5 million to build with the Charity Appeal aiming to contribute £2.5 million.

Planning permission is to be submitted at the end of September 2021.

A world-class facility

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Charity funding will provide ‘over and above’ enhancements and equipment for both the clinical space and family areas, elevating it from a facility that provides families with a safe and secure environment for them and their new-borns, to a truly world-class facility that wraps-around families with the most vulnerable babies in the region.

Central to the new unit will be the use of new innovative technology. This will continue to include Telehealth Medicine Robots currently being used which allow clinicians to monitor and see babies remotely.

There are further technologies being worked through currently to support the vision of a silent NICU including Neonatal Tracking.

The tracking would involve a wearable device worn around a parents wrist which send signals to receivers around the hospital and allow staff to know where the parent is in case of an emergency.

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Meanwhile, virtual monitoring of babies would allow doctors and nurses to have access and constant sight on the babies and their vital signs, whilst still providing the family with the safety and privacy of a cubicle.