Charity walk raises £7,000 for West Hertfordshire children's care

Summarised from Watford Observer's report · Updated 21 Oct, 17:29 · Archive

A 9.5-mile charity walk along the Grand Union Canal raised over £7,000 for paediatric NHS services in West Hertfordshire.

A charity walk raised more than £7,000 to support children's care across West Hertfordshire. The Big Little Trail on 18 October saw 51 walkers complete a 9.5-mile route along the Grand Union Canal from Watford General Hospital to Hemel Hempstead Hospital, organised by West Herts Hospitals Charity. The event was supported by Watford's Mayor Peter Taylor, Watford MP Matt Turmaine, and clinical staff including Dr Sankara Narayanan, consultant neonatologist at Watford General Hospital. Chief nurse Kelly McGovern and deputy chief nurse Melanie Chambers finished first, completing the walk in two hours and 34 minutes.

Alison Rosen, chief executive of West Herts Hospitals Charity, said the funds would 'make a real, lasting difference to our youngest patients and their families across West Herts when they need us most'. The money will support several projects, including a BabyWorks Ultrasound Simulator for advanced neonatal and paediatric training, a paediatric MRI entertainment system to help reduce the need for sedation during scans, and the redesign of the urgent treatment centre's paediatric area at Watford General Hospital.

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• West Herts charity walk raises more than £7,000 for children’s careBig Little Trail on October 18 raises over £7,000 for paediatric NHS care in West Hertfordshire, supporting projects at Watford and Hemel Hempstead hospitals.Watford Observer · 21 Oct, 15:24

In this story: West Herts Hospitals Charity · Watford General Hospital · Hemel Hempstead Hospital · Grand Union Canal · Alison Rosen · Peter Taylor · Matt Turmaine

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