Chris Hillman
Jersey to Southampton J2S Row
Fundraising for Southampton Hospitals Charity
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As you may know I am a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine working at Southampton General Hospital. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for seriously injured children and covers a large area of the south of England, including all of Dorset & Hampshire.
In order to build a new Children's ED we need to raise funds and a team of Doctors, Nurses and hospital staff are going to row from Jersey (our furthest centre we cover as an MTC) across the channel to Southampton in a Gig. This should take around 20 hours of hard work, across one of the world's busiest shipping lanes!
Southampton Children’s Hospital is one of the UK’s leading children’s hospitals with some of the highest quality children’s services and best outcomes in the UK. It currently operates from within University Hospital Southampton’s (UHS) general hospital building.
The delivery of a brand new, purpose built Children’s Emergency and Trauma Department is the first step towards building a bespoke Children’s Hospital here in Southampton: a groundbreaking
ambition that will have a monumental impact
nationwide.
The shared vision of Southampton Hospital Charity and charity partner The Murray Parish Trust is to raise £2 million to fund the creation of a state of the art specialist Children’s Emergency and Trauma Department here at UHS in the Summer 2018.
The fundraising of £2 million will coincide with £2 million worth of match funding granted to UHS by the Government as well as £800,000 already allocated by UHS, allowing us to finally make this
critical ambition a reality
Your support would be most welcome!
In order to build a new Children's ED we need to raise funds and a team of Doctors, Nurses and hospital staff are going to row from Jersey (our furthest centre we cover as an MTC) across the channel to Southampton in a Gig. This should take around 20 hours of hard work, across one of the world's busiest shipping lanes!
Southampton Children’s Hospital is one of the UK’s leading children’s hospitals with some of the highest quality children’s services and best outcomes in the UK. It currently operates from within University Hospital Southampton’s (UHS) general hospital building.
The delivery of a brand new, purpose built Children’s Emergency and Trauma Department is the first step towards building a bespoke Children’s Hospital here in Southampton: a groundbreaking
ambition that will have a monumental impact
nationwide.
The shared vision of Southampton Hospital Charity and charity partner The Murray Parish Trust is to raise £2 million to fund the creation of a state of the art specialist Children’s Emergency and Trauma Department here at UHS in the Summer 2018.
The fundraising of £2 million will coincide with £2 million worth of match funding granted to UHS by the Government as well as £800,000 already allocated by UHS, allowing us to finally make this
critical ambition a reality
Your support would be most welcome!