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Alder Hey in the Park is a remarkable new hospital, but without charitable donations, many of the outstanding facilities and innovations to help patients and families would not have been provided.

Developing better, safer medicines and treatments for children


Most medicines used in the UK and internationally have not been developed specifically for children, even though children and young people are the most frequent users of healthcare in the UK. We are working to develop effective, safer and more appropriate medicines specifically designed for children, and which are easy for children to take (for example, syrups that taste good).

Alder Hey

Alder Hey or ‘Alder Hey In The Park’, to use its new adopted name, is a children's hospital in the heart of Liverpool.
 

On 2015 October 1st, it underwent a massive regeneration, which includes a £237 Million state-of-the-art hospital.

 

Children and young people have been involved in designing the new hospital since an initial consultation back in 2009, where almost 1000 children submitted their drawings and shared their views on what the new hospital should look like. Composed of current and former patients aged 10-22, the Children and Young People’s Design Group have had their say throughout the design process on everything from the colour of the rooms, to the artwork displayed in the new hospital and what their wards should look like.

 

Listed below are just a few facts about Alder Hey:

 

  • Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, Alder Hey treats around 275,000 patients each year

 

  • The new hospital will coincide with a newly designed research and development centre, ‘The Institute In The Park’.

 

  • ‘Alder Hey In The Park’ is the first hospital in Europe to be built in a surrounding a park - this was one of the primary landmarks of the hospital.

 

  • Play decks are found at the end of each ward, so that the children can utilize the outdoor space, and remain active.

 

  • 270 beds, including 48 critical care beds for patients in Intensive Care, High Dependency and Burns

 

  • 75% of the children will be provided with their own bedroom, with en-suite facilities, with a pullout bed for parents to sleep on.

 

  • 16 digitally enhanced operating theatres
     

Alder Hey is now in phase 2, which involves the development of new medicines, innovative treatments, and modern day healthcare facilities. In order to complete this phase, they are looking to raise ï¿¡12 million.

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