North Manchester General Hospital - Apnoea Monitors x8

UPDATE: This equipment was delivered in 2009.

Over the next five years Children’s Services in Greater Manchester will be transformed as part of the Making it Better Strategy. The opening of the New Children’s Hospital in central Manchester will transform services for children in the region, and will absorb many of the specialist services formerly offered at Booth Hall and Pendlebury.

Many of the local services for children and babies that were provided by Booth Hall and Fairfield Hospital will stay in North Manchester and a new Women and Children’s Unit is being built to handle the increased number of patients. This will be a purpose-built unit to be completed in 2010. 

The medical team at North Manchester has identified the equipment needed, and there is a shortfall in the funding available. We have agreed to provide equipment to ensure that the new unit at North Manchester can take its place within the region as a top quality health care provider.

Apnoea monitors are used to give early warning of any changes to a baby’s breathing pattern, to enable parents and staff to quickly respond and provide treatment. The monitors are life-saving, by detecting very early any changes to the breathing pattern. They are used with babies who have a very low birth weight or respiratory problems, as these babies are at greater risk of stopping breathing.

The monitors cost £600 each and eight are required making a total project cost of £4,800.