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Appeal launched to fund groundbreaking research centre at Children’s Hospital
A new £1m research centre at Bristol Children’s Hospital will allow more young patients the opportunity to take part in research projects that could help in the development of cures for rare conditions.
Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity has launched the South West Children’s Research Appeal to help make this pioneering development a reality.
The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children – better known as the Children’s Hospital – is the South West’s leading specialist hospital for children but is currently the only big children’s hospital in the UK without a dedicated research facility, which this new appeal hopes to change.
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Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity chief executive, Paul Kearney, said: “We are standing alongside our incredible local NHS, working with them to joint-fund this beacon of hope that will reach across the whole region.
“The groundbreaking facility will transform treatments, cures for poorly children will be discovered, and countless lives will be improved today, tomorrow and well into the future.
“We need the people of Bristol and the South West to rally with us to help this centre feel like a home-from-home for poorly children and help us unlock hope and find cures for families.”
The new research centre will have a calm reception area, overnight bays, a drug preparation area and outpatient rooms – image: BWHC
Professor AV Ramanan, consultant rheumatologist and professor of paediatric rheumatology, added: “The South West Children’s Research Appeal will enable us to participate in trials which can be life transforming and potentially curative, like gene therapy studies.
“Due to the lack of clinical research facility, Bristol has not been a site for cutting-edge treatments for rare paediatric disease.
“This has meant either children having to travel, or often missing out on novel therapies for rare conditions.”
The South West Children’s Research Appeal needs your support to make this new facility a child-friendly environment to deliver cutting-edge new research projects.
To support the appeal, visit www.bwhospitalscharity.org.uk/Appeal/south-west-childrens-research-appeal
Main photo: BWHC
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