Dot has always been immensely grateful to the liver unit at Kings  College Hospital for saving her life. It was always her wish to support their research through their charitable foundation, "Together We Can", and that for her funeral, instead of flowers, she hoped people would be kind enough to remember her by sending a donation in her name.

The liver unit at Kings saved Dot's life back in 1993 when she underwent a double liver transplant due to the  auto-immune disease, Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC).  At that time, the liver transplant was expected to be good for 5 years at the most, but their continued research into liver disease and the ongoing treatment Dot received, prolonged this for over 20 years for which we are all incredibly grateful.   Dot, without any complaint, courageously battled her PBC and subsequent kidney failure (and dialysis), diabetes, hepatitis B, osteoporosis and recently severe hepatic encephalopathy (all of which were caused by the underlying PBC) for these two decades, during which she raised 3 children whilst working tirelessly full-time reaching out to and nurturing children from disadvantaged and often abusive backgrounds. Dot was an incredible and inspiring lady, who will be sorely missed and her death at a young age leaves a huge hole in all of our hearts. In the last 20 years she has been an unforgettable wife, mother and grandmother, and we have been told by the parents and children who she helped, that she changed many of their lives for the better.  She would not have done this without the life-saving treatment she received at Kings College Hospital.