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                                          L&D NICU APPEAL   
               One in seven babies born at the L&D requires specialist care

Every year the Luton & Dunstable Hospital’s (L&D) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) treats over 700 premature and critically ill full-term babies.  We offer the highest level of neonatal intensive care possible and are one of only three high-level neonatal units in the East of England.

Because of this and an increasing birth rate, demand for our specialist services has significantly outstripped resources and we currently have to turn away around 20 request for a cot each month as the Unit is completely full.

We are therefore planning to build a new NICU which will enable us to care for many more of the premature and sick babies born across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and beyond.

This new state-of-the-art facility will feature leading edge technology and accommodate up to 46 cots.  It will also include much needed facilities for parents who want to stay close to their baby, including overnight accommodation, a breast-feeding room and two family rooms.  This will allow the NICU team to support parents more effectively whilst their baby is poorly and also when preparing them to take their baby home.

The NHS has allocated £7 million to pay for the new building and will also fund all the additional staffing and running costs for the new Unit.  But in order to ensure that babies can be treated in the best possible environment and with the best possible equipment, we are launching the NICU Appeal to raise essential funds to buy additional equipment to go in the new Unit and make enhancements to the new development.
 
We need your help to raise an extra £1.5 million to help equip and enhance the new Unit

The new NICU, with all it’s specialist equipment, will enable us to treat around 300 more babies each year and save even more precious lives.  Your support will make a huge difference and we would like to thank you very much for your donation.

If you would like more information about the Appeal, or would like to discuss fundraising ideas, please contact Sarah Newby on 01582 718 043 or sarah.newby@ldh.nhs.uk or visit our website www.ldh.nhs.uk/fundraising

Sarah Newby (Fundraising Manager)
01582 718 043                                                                                   sarah.newby@ldh.nhs.uk

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The Luton and Dunstable Hospital Charitable Fund

The Luton and Dunstable Hospital Charitable Fund

Charity Registration No. 1058704

The Luton & Dunstable Hospital provides a wide range of general and specialist services to over 300,000 people. Our focus is strongly rooted around patient safety ensuring we put patients first in everything we do. All money raised by the charity supports and enhances the care we give our patients.

Donations 433

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L&D NICU you do an amazing job. Keep up the life saving work!

Donation by Tom Lavery on 12/06/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Happy Birthday James.

Donation by Jeb and Sara on 08/06/13

£40.00

+ £10.00 Gift Aid

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Thank you for looking after James

Donation by Nik & Yara Henson on 31/05/13

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Happy (belated) birthday Luca! Thanks to the staff for looking after your big brother Rishi so well. :-) Love, Kris, Laura and Maya xxx

Donation by Laura Evans on 27/05/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Happy 1st birthday Luca! Thank you to the scbu for looking after Rishi and Daniel so well. Love from, Lucy, Alan and Daniel xx

Donation by Lucy Stone on 25/05/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Happy 1st Birthday Luca Sakka. Lots of love Sarah, Jo, Daniel & Louisa xxxx

Donation by Sarah Brown on 25/05/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Anonymous on 18/05/13

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Muhammad Qureshi on 10/05/13

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

To Will & Crystal, congratulations on your marriage & washing you both many, many more years of happiness together. With our love, Brigid & Chris. xx

Donation by Brigid & Chris Barraclough on 01/05/13

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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To Crystal & Will, wishing you a lifetime of happines together, congratulations! Lots of love, Diane. x

Donation by Diane Lingham on 01/05/13

£20.00

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To Crystal & Will, wishing you lots of happiness for the future, Lobe from Lindsay, Dean & George.

Donation by Lindsay, Dean & George Elsdon on 01/05/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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To Will & Crystal, many congratulations on your wedding day, with love and best wishes. Gary, Kate & Aidan.

Donation by Kate, Gary & Aidan Walsh on 01/05/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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To Crystal & Will, congratulations, love Kelly, Neil & James

Donation by Kelly, Neil & James Aide on 01/05/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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To Crystal & Will, congratulations & best wishes for the future, love Ann

Donation by Ann Stevenson on 01/05/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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To Crystal & Will, With love, and congratulations to you both on your special day Love from Becky and Declan

Donation by Becky Rowley on 01/05/13

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Will & Crystal, May you live happily ever after! Love Si, Lis & Benjamin

Donation by Lis, Simon & Benjamin Davies on 01/05/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

In loving memory of Matthew Turner on his little brother Daniel's baptism xxx

Donation by Jodie, Gary and Daniel Turner on 27/04/13

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A donation to thank you for all you did for Chloe Hookings and on her recent baptism

Donation by Matt, Eva, Zoe, Joanie and Eliza Cheek on 21/04/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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A Donation to L&D as our lovely grand daughter Chloe Hookings was baptized recently

Donation by Bob & Mary Hookings on 21/04/13

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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A donation for Chloe Hookings who you looked after with great care,

Donation by Harriet Hookings on 21/04/13

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Thank you for looking after James

Donation by Richard Henson on 21/04/13

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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For the wonderful care & support you gave to Abigail Small as well as to their parents.

Donation by Kendall, James, Finley & Curtis Grigg on 14/04/13

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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To a very worthwhile cause and to all the dedicated and hard working staff at the L&D.

Donation by Anne-Marie Kinsella on 08/04/13

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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This is for my lovely god daughter Chloe Hookings to celebrate her baptism on Sunday 7/4/13. Love from Paula and Doreen

Donation by Paula Stock on 08/04/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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A Baptism gift for lovely Chloe Hookings who was looked after by Luton & Dunstable Hospital after her birth to Rachel and Paul. With Love. x

Donation by The Redway & The Stanley on 08/04/13

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£26,276.50
  • Offline donations£643,087.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£669,363.50
  • Gift Aid£6,109.23

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