What we have funded to date

Funds raised nationally through Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia are divided equally between the 5 partner hospital foundations and directed into the areas of greatest priority in each hospital.

Our funding supports the full breadth of paediatric medical care including groundbreaking research, state-of-the-art equipment and technology innovation and essential patient / parent support services that would otherwise not exist.

We have been able to contribute funding for significant projects at each of our hospitals through the generous support we’ve received to date.

 

Women’s & Children’s Hospital (SA)

“The Breathing Space” Gene Therapy / Respiratory Centre development
The purpose built facility will bring together all the elements required for treating children with these conditions. It will provide a lab-to-bedside approach to research and treatment for the child, which is a less invasive, faster and more direct approach to treating a child.

 

Princess Margaret Hospital (WA)

Ear / Nose / Throat Endoscopy Operating Stack
This piece of state-of-the art equipment, offers the surgeons at PMH enhanced visibility during the procedure. This ENT Camera Stack is used in conjunction with special telescopic cameras and instrumentation to facilitate surgery through the nose, larynx and major airways.

 

Royal Children’s Hospital (VIC)

The Stevenson Chair Coagulation and Stroke Research Programs
The Stevenson Chair is a key research position for the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. The research program has two major components:

Coagulation research program:
Abnormal blood clotting is a major problem in tertiary children’s hospitals, mainly affecting children with cardiac disease, cancer and those requiring central venous access for intensive care support or nutrition.

Stroke Research Program:
Stroke is now one of the top ten causes of death in children from western societies.  RCH has launched the only definitive child stroke program in Australia and funding will be used to support the first PhD student for this program, to be supervised by the Chair.

 

Royal Children’s Hospital (QLD)

Respiratory Research Funding
Specific programs CHFA have supported with funding include the Emergency Medicine and Respiratory Research Group (EMRRG). With Respiratory conditions being the most common cause of children admitted to emergency, the need for this group was developed. The EMRRG is focusing primarily on Respiratory conditions such as Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma and common or complex coughs, translating research results into clinical practice which will directly benefit the treatment of a sick child.

 

Sydney Children’s Hospital (NSW)

Emergency Department Refurbishment
Over the past three years the SCH Emergency Department has experienced a 30% increase in patient presentations and has been in need of update.  The Emergency unit refurbishment included a reconfigured triage area to improve the flow of patients, ensuring prioritised treatment in a more efficient manner, improving lines of sight from the triage nurses to patients in the waiting room and increasing the level of privacy for patients.

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanner
This piece of equipment is primarily used in the assessment of Cancer but also brain disorders such as epilepsy.   For cancer patients the use of a PET scanner will result in earlier and more accurate diagnosis of tumours, earlier detection of recurrence of tumours and more accurate prognosis.