RD&E Children's Emergency Department Appeal
Creating a special space for young hospital patients needing urgent medical care
Make a quick donation to the RD&E Children's Emergency Department Appeal
Giving £5, £10, £20 or even £50 will help us fund the department.
When you’re eight years old and in need of urgent medical care, visiting hospital can be a scary time. Strange sights and sounds, unfamiliar faces and feelings of uncertainty about what will happen next, and perhaps even that you may never get better.
Royal Devon Hospitals Charity is raising money to help create a separate space for children and families within the brand-new Emergency Department (ED) being built at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E).
The ED is undergoing a multi-million-pound transformation by the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and we’re hoping to raise £200,000 to help make it the best it can be for children needing urgent medical care.
With your support, this calm and welcoming waiting area will have ocean-themed wall murals and light panels, interactive digital equipment, and comfortable seating with plenty of all-important USB charging points!
The dedicated children’s ED area will also feature paediatric bays and a new Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) to help provide emergency care to around 30,000 young patients a year.
It will mean children and young people will no longer have to sit alongside adults in an often-cramped waiting room at what can be a very upsetting time.
Tori Riches, Clinical Matron at the RD&E, said: “This project will transform the way that we can care for children at the RD&E and will help them feel safe and secure from the moment they arrive.
“To have an environment that is friendly, and where children can be separated from some of the other things that they might witness in a busy emergency department, will be fantastic.”
If you have any questions or would like to find out other ways to get involved please give us a call at 01392 402040 or email rduh.charity@nhs.net.
Thank you for your support.
We want to make it so it's a lot more of a calmer environment and a more child friendly environment to ease any anxieties.
Help us reach our Children's Emergency Department Appeal goal!
Every penny you are able to donate will take us a step closer to our target and help ensure Devon’s youngest hospital patients feel safe and secure from the moment they arrive. Together, we can help make a trip to hospital a little less scary for children needing urgent medical care. Thank you.