What We Do

Any money donated is used to purchase equipment or services that will enhance our patients lives but the NHS are unable to provide. Below gives some examples of larger projects we have funded.

 

Bungalows

Some 20 Years ago New Start financed the building of 4 Bungalows in the Grounds of the Hospital for the use of Recipients and their Families. We then paid for a complete refurbishment of them in 2015. They are in great demand and are greatly appreciated by everyone who uses them.

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Organ Care System

In 2016 New Start gave the funding of funded 125k to purchase five perfusion kits for use in a recently developed innovative organ care system which can perform DCD (Donation after Circulatory Death) transplants. This purchase should enable the Transplant Centre to carry out 10%-20% more heart transplants per annum and should help in bringing down the waiting list, particularly for non urgent cases.

Nick Egan was the first patient to receive a heart that had been put on the Organ Care System. To read his story CLICK HERE