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The Royal Free Hospital haemophilia centre began in 1966 in a caravan donated by the Haemophilia Society, adjacent to the hospital. Dr Katharine Dormandy raised significant sums herself to fund the current purpose built haemophilia centre which opened in 1978, the year of her untimely death. The Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia Centre & Thrombosis Unit (HCTU) is now a nationally and internationally renowned specialist comprehensive care centre for haemophilia and related disorders and a service for thrombotic conditions including anticoagulation management.   What we do <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="square"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Comprehensive care for patients and families with inherited and acquired bleeding disorders, including diagnosis and management.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">A thrombosis service for the investigation and management of inherited and acquired thrombotic conditions, including a level IV anticoagulation service.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Training for doctors, laboratory scientists, nurses and allied health professionals, locally, nationally and internationally.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: black; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">High quality clinical and laboratory research. </li> </ul>   Please help us with our current project to improve the Centre. In 2011, we will begin a long-awaited refurbishment of the Centre’s day care and out-patient facilities. The whole Centre will be painted and have new flooring. The Centre will remain open and the work will be carried out in phases. We have limited structural changes and concentrated on a few areas to improve the experience of patients and families who use the Centre.   <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="square"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: black; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">In the reception area: improved space; disabled access toilet; two computer stations for young people.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: black; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">We would like to create a room, close to reception, for people to have blood taken.  This will help to keep the bed areas for regular patients requiring treatment.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: black; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">A new large consultation room will provide more space for combined clinics we run with other specialists e.g. orthopaedics; womens’; liver – and for family consultations.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: black; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">The main treatment area needs a direct door to the nurses’ station/treatment preparation area.</li> </ul>   Your details are safe with JustGiving – they will never sell them or send unwanted emails.  Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the Royal Free Charity Fund 35 and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. The planned improvements include aspects not funded by the NHS and your kind donations will contribute towards fulfilling them. You can also sponsor a staff member in the 10k run The Centre has a staff team that will be running in the Hampstead 10k on 26th June. The team includes Paul (haemophilia nurse), Paul (haemophilia physio) and Jenny (Professor Tuddenham's P.A.). Please lend them your support by making a donation on this page.  More news on their training soon! Thank you for your generous support.