NEWSLETTER • SPRING / SUMMER 2015
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Welcome
Contents
Club news 04 The latest news from the Tick Tock Club
At the end of the financial year, we were just one membership short of hitting the £6 million mark. This truly is a fantastic achievement, and is the result of many new memberships and two exceptional lead gifts in the past months – from the Thompson Family Charitable Trust and The Hobson Charity Limited both of whom are existing supporters of the Club. I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank them and all of you for your continued generosity and
I, for one, am extremely proud that the Tick Tock Club has played such an important role in supporting this work.
This edition of the Tick Tock Club newsletter provides an insight into a number of different areas of the hospital’s work. Professor Andrew Taylor and Dr William Van’t Hoff explain how the hospital continues to make a difference for cardiac and renal patients, and we also take a closer look at the revolutionary operating theatres that will play such a vital role in the new surgery centre. In addition, Mr Joe Curry provides an exclusive insight into his work with some of the hospital’s youngest and most vulnerable patients. These articles highlight the truly pioneering nature of the work currently taking place at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Don’t forget, this is your newsletter. If you would like to discuss anything about the stories featured, or about the Club and its objectives, please do get in touch. In the meantime, my best wishes for an enjoyable summer.
Cover: Jake needed surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital after he was born with an abdominal wall defect
Surgery
support. Without your help, the hospital would not be the place that it is today – a world leader in paediatric medicine.
10 Communicating change Dr Peter Lachman is pioneering a new information sharing technique that will help to transform multidisciplinary working in the new surgery centre Making the difference for children with renal problems Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist Dr William Van’t Hoff explains the importance of research
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Kidney
As we welcome the summer months I am delighted to present this latest edition of the Tick Tock Club newsletter. I am also able to share the wonderful news that we have passed the halfway point on our journey to raise £10 million towards a new surgery centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Making the difference for children with heart problems Professor Andrew Taylor discusses how 3D printing is making the difference for cardiac patients
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Ever onwards,
Chily Grahame Chilton Chairman, the Tick Tock Club
A spotlight on integrated theatres 08 We take a look at the benefits of the new integrated operating theatres, which will be a central feature of the new surgery centre
Heart and Lung
“I am also able to share the wonderful news that we have passed the halfway point on our journey to raise £10 million towards a new surgery centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital.”
No small feat 06 Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon Mr Joe Curry describes his delicate work with neonatal patients
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CLUB NEWS
CLUB NEWS will recognise Professor Elliott who, as a Consultant Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon, played a key role in the Club’s first challenge of raising £10 million for the hospital’s new heart and lung centre.
A revolution in body building “...in years to come, there may be no need for children to wait months or years for an organ transplant.” Professor Paolo De Coppi
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On Wednesday 20 May, Tick Tock Club members were invited to an exclusive research seminar, A Revolution in Bodybuilding. The seminar provided a fascinating insight into the links between surgery and the important medical research taking place at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Lawrence McGinty, former ITV News Science and Medical Editor and Chair of the Medical Journalists’ Association, hosted the evening and introduced the two speakers, Professors Martin Elliott and Paolo De Coppi, both from the hospital. In March 2010, Professor Elliott and Professor De Coppi made headlines around the world when they reported unique success in transplanting a replacement trachea grown from a child’s own stem cells. Tick Tock Club members
The seminar provided guests with a rare glimpse into the worlds of both clinicians, who recounted their ground-breaking tracheal transplant work and outlined the progress made so far in the wider field of regenerative medicine. Professor De Coppi also shared his thoughts and hopes for the future of regenerative medicine, explaining that, “in years to come, there may be no need for children to wait months or years for an organ transplant. Instead, we hope to be able to grow organs, tailored to the child, in the laboratory where they can be taken off the shelf and given to each patient who may need them.” If you would like to visit the hospital to find out more about Professor Elliott and Professor De Coppi’s work, please email ticktockclub@gosh.org or call 020 7239 3133.
Top left: Professor Martin Elliott Below: Professor Paolo De Coppi
Introducing Great Ormond Street Hospital’s new Chief Executive
New members and visionary gifts help the Tick Tock Club pass the halfway mark
On 1 January 2015, Dr Peter Steer became Great Ormond Street Hospital’s new Chief Executive. Dr Steer has a long and distinguished career as a neonatologist, senior medical administrator and academic, both in Australia and Canada and comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital having been the Chief Executive of Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service since 2009.
We are so grateful to those who have joined or recommitted to Tick Tock Club memberships in the last six months. Memberships have been received from The Sartori Family and Brad and Sian Hurrell, as well as from Alasdair Warren, Oleksandr Iaroslavskyi and Andrew and Blanche Sibbald.
Dr Steer said: “It’s a privilege to be joining Great Ormond Street Hospital. I am very excited to have the opportunity to be part of an organisation with such credibility and that has done so much to change the outcomes for some of the sickest children in the UK, indeed in the world. “I am hoping that the combination of my academic, clinical and leadership experience will bring real value to the organisation.” During the recruitment process Dr Steer also met a number of members of staff from Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. He added: “The scale and scope of the Charity is unlike anything
I’ve ever encountered before. It is a real privilege to be given the opportunity to partner with an organisation that has contributed so much over so many years.”
Visionary gifts have come from The Hobson Charity Limited and The Thompson Family Charitable Trust. The trustees of The Hobson Charity Limited have pledged to fund a four-bed bay on the newpost surgical ward, and the Thompson family have chosen to extend their support of the Tick Tock Club by funding a single bedroom. Our thanks to them all. We are also very grateful to those who wish to remain anonymous in their generous support of the appeal.
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These gifts have helped move the Tick Tock Club beyond the halfway mark in its challenge to raise £10 million. Most importantly, they will help transform the hospital experience of the thousands of children who require life-saving surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital every year.
THE CHALLENGE AHEAD Thank you to everyone who has supported, and continues to support, the Tick Tock Club. The total you have helped us raise to date is wonderful. Our goal is to reach £10 million to enable the hospital to build the new surgery centre, due to open in 2017. THE TICK TOCK CLUB NEWSLETTER
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SURGERY
SURGERY
No small feat Mr Joe Curry is a Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon and the Specialty Lead for Paediatric Surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He specialises in gastrointestinal surgery, helping children born with a wide range of conditions which without surgical intervention would be life-threatening.
What does your daily role involve at Great Ormond Street Hospital? It’s hugely varied. I spend time in the operating theatre conducting surgery, as well as undertaking ‘on call’ duties. This means that I am available to consult on and treat emergency cases that are referred to the hospital. I look after patients who have undergone surgery, and see outpatients who have been referred to me or require monitoring following an operation. I am also involved in teaching the next generation of paediatric surgeons in the South East. I currently manage and supervise 43 trainees, ensuring that they get the best possible training.
Newborn babies make up a large percentage of the patients that Joe treats, and with the numbers of neonatal admissions increasing annually, he provides an exclusive insight into the challenges this presents as well as his thoughts on what the future holds.
What conditions are neonates often referred to the hospital for? We see many different conditions, but the most common one that leads to surgery is necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). This is where part of the bowel is destroyed by an infection that is seen most commonly in premature, newborn babies. Because the population of very small babies that are surviving is increasing, the number of surgeries for NEC is rising. Another condition we see is a defect where the front of a baby’s abdomen hasn’t formed properly so they are born with some organs on the outside of their body.
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Why has there been such an increase in the number of neonates undergoing surgery in recent years? I have been here since 2001, but the number of neonatal patients being admitted for surgery has been rising for the last 25 years. One of the main reasons for this is that many of the conditions that these babies present with are becoming more treatable. Thirty years ago, the outlook for a neonate born with oesophageal atresia – a condition where there is a gap in the oesophagus – was far less favourable. Those babies are now much more likely to survive, not only because of improved surgical procedures, but also because our ability to manage these patients with life support and ventilation is much improved.
Above and far left: Mr Joe Curry, Consultant Neonatal and Paediatric Surgeon and Specialty Lead for Paediatric Surgery
What are the most challenging aspects of treating neonates? Size is an issue, as we are often operating on babies that weigh less than a kilogram and are extremely fragile. We wear magnifying glasses for greater visibility during surgery. We also do everything we can to minimise blood loss as the blood volume in premature babies is so small. Another aspect to consider is the emotional nature of these situations. Parents have waited nine months for their baby yet immediately after birth they are separated and told their newborn baby will need urgent surgery, which is very distressing for them. Helpfully, in many situations we are able to identify the condition from prenatal scans. In these circumstances a family liaison nurse from the intensive care team and I go to the hospital where the baby will be delivered to counsel the parents and explain next steps.
When treating neonatal patients, are there other teams in the hospital that you work closely with? It’s vital that we work closely with the intensive care team, as they provide all the care for the other medical conditions a baby might have. Premature babies require a lot of support in terms of managing their breathing and ventilation, heart function, hydration and nutrition. The intensive care team provide this care while we are waiting for the patient to be stable or strong enough to survive surgery and as they recover afterwards. These babies can have a range of problems, so we may well work with other teams such as cardiology, respiratory and gastroenterology as well as other vital support services such as X-ray and interventional radiology to obtain the necessary imaging. This multi-disciplinary working is really what drew me to Great Ormond Street Hospital. It’s fantastic to have the expertise of so many people at your fingertips and to be able to provide holistic care.
us to grow a piece of oesophagus to ‘bridge the gap’. Advanced research is underway on this at the hospital’s research partner, the UCL Institute of Child Health, and I hope we will be able to use this regularly in patients within the next 10 years. How will the new surgery centre benefit the treatment of neonates here at the hospital? The surgery centre will allow us to bring together all of our surgical patients, which in turn means that staff will also be co-located and therefore our ability to manage surgical patients will be much improved. We will really be able to maximise our nursing and clinical support to ensure that our staff’s expertise is being spread to as many surgical patients as possible. The new, integrated operating theatres will also provide us with world-class facilities.
Below: Jake, pictured here with his mum Tina, was born with an abdominal wall defect.
How do you see the treatment of neonates changing over the next 10 years? Regenerative medicine will play a key role. This is the idea that we will be able to grow the missing or damaged body parts in the laboratory using a patient’s own stem cells. For example, in severe cases of atresia where there is a large gap in the oesophagus, regenerative medicine would allow THE TICK TOCK CLUB NEWSLETTER
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SURGERY
SURGERY
A spotlight on integrated theatres Two new integrated operating theatres will be central to the success of the new surgery centre, transforming the experiences of staff and patients alike. As building work on the Premier Inn Clinical Building begins, two key members of the surgical team lift the curtain on the pioneering new facilities that will take centre stage at the very heart of the hospital. “The concept of these new theatres is that the central computer controls virtually all the components of the theatre environment. Using a touch screen panel, the surgeon will be
“An additional benefit will be the improved use of filming and technology.”
Top: An artist’s impression of a new, integrated operating theatre Above: Mr Peter Cuckow performing surgery
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An integrated operating theatre is Mr Peter Cuckow one in which all the main systems, Consultant Paediatric including lighting, surgical Urologist equipment and video systems, are linked by a central computer “Integrated operating theatres system. By creating new theatres really are the future of surgery. that are integrated in this way, The current format and design of theatre staff will be provided operating theatres has been in with a more ergonomic and less place for fifty years, but having cluttered environment. The flexible new integrated theatres will allow nature of the space will mean us to really push the boundaries that surgeons can perform both of what is possible in surgery. keyhole and open surgery, and These facilities won’t just be a will improve efficiency by reducing place where surgeons go to work turnaround times between on a daily basis, but will also operations, ultimately meaning inspire them to do their very best, more patients can be treated. ground-breaking work.
able to manipulate and change the theatre set up according to the patient’s needs. Furthermore, the system can be pre-set to fit individual surgeons’ preferences for lighting and equipment at the touch of a button. This will massively reduce set up time, as well as creating the best possible environment for staff in terms of comfort and accessibility. Our working day in surgery can last up to 12 hours and we can see as many as 10 patients, so environment really is vital. “An additional benefit will be the improved use of filming and technology. Nearly all operations now involve filming, whether
simply to enable all members of the theatre team to see the procedure clearly, to record what is being done as part of a patient record, for teaching purposes or to allow us to see inside a child’s body during minimally invasive procedures. The camera technology in the new integrated theatres will be world-class and ultra-high definition, enabling us to see images in 3D which is really important. “This technology will also advance our ability to broadcast our operations, and to teach colleagues across the globe. Most of our surgeons travel around the world to demonstrate treatments which have been pioneered here but this, of course, is time consuming and not always possible at short notice. The integrated theatres will give us global connectivity via the internet which will subsequently enable colleagues – from, say Boston’s Children’s Hospital – to watch operations. We will also be able to record procedures which can then be used for teaching at a later date. “The surgeons here do amazing things on a daily basis and are leaders in their field. It’s important that they, and our patients, have the very best facilities possible. They really do deserve the innovative platform that these new operating theatres will provide.”
Jilly Hale Head of Nursing – Surgery Division “From my perspective, the new integrated operating theatres really will make a huge difference to the theatre nursing staff. During the course of their career, a theatre nurse can spend the equivalent of four years in the operating theatre, so it’s incredibly
“A viewing gallery next to the operating theatre is another key feature which will be hugely beneficial.” important that it really is the optimal working environment. This is not just for their own benefit, but also for the sake of our patients who need the best, most stress-free, staff we can provide. “In older, non-integrated theatres we find that there is a vast amount of equipment which really clutters up the space. This can include
patient monitors, anaesthetic machines and trolleys, all of which are essential but can take up a lot of room on the floor surrounding the operating table. In the new integrated theatres the majority of this equipment will be suspended from the ceiling. This will really help us to create a clear, uncluttered space which in turn will create a calmer and less stressfull environment for the nurses. “A viewing gallery next to the operating theatre is another key feature which will be hugely beneficial. It will mean that people – other surgeons or clinicians and nurses from other areas of the hospital – can view the activity in the theatre without intruding in any way. This further extends our ability to teach, and share with others, the different types of procedures and operations. The fact that visitors will be in a gallery, rather than in the theatre itself, will help us uphold the model of a spacious, uncrowded environment with excellent infection control. “I’m really excited about the new integrated theatres. We have a very clear vision about how they will benefit staff and patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital and we are working closely with the redevelopment team to ensure that this becomes a reality. I really do believe that improving the facilities to such high standards will have a positive impact on the whole surgical team and, most of all, will help us deliver the very best surgery to our patients.” THE TICK TOCK CLUB NEWSLETTER
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Communicating change
provide information and for the team to form a cohesive, shared understanding of the situation. Research is showing that this really improves team work and the way that staff and families work together. It removes some of the hierarchy and gives everyone the chance to voice their opinion and share their knowledge.
We are often told that communication is the key to success. Now child health expert Dr Peter Lachman is working at Great Ormond Street Hospital to ensure that the newest communication techniques are used to progress children’s hospital care. His latest work on huddles – a simple but effective new communication technique – aims to improve multidisciplinary working for the benefit of young patients in hospitals around the UK. Great Ormond Street Hospital is recognised as one of the top five paediatric research hospitals in the world, with clinical teams which are internationally renowned for treating children with complex and life-threatening conditions. As a UK leader in quality improvement, the hospital’s staff work continuously to improve services, outcomes and patient experience.
Dr Peter Lachman, Deputy Medical Director for Quality and Patient Safety at Great Ormond Street Hospital
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Dr Peter Lachman is the Deputy Medical Director in Quality and Patient Safety at Great Ormond Street Hospital, working with quality improvement teams across the hospital as well as patients and their families to develop advanced safety and quality of care. “I am
“My prediction is – and we know this worked at Cincinnati – that at the end of the huddle, staff will be able to ascertain if any
best to advise on, for example if a child is in any pain or how much fluid they are taking, as they spend more time with the child than, say, the surgeon. On the other hand, as the surgeon cannot be on the ward at all times, the huddle affords him or her opportunity to share their thoughts with the nursing team.” Great Ormond Street Hospital’s new surgery centre, due to open in 2017, will provide facilities much more conducive to this new
“The huddle enables everyone to provide information and for the team to form a cohesive, shared understanding of the situation.”
certain that Great Ormond Street Hospital can be the world leader in quality and safety. We have an exceptional workforce and leadership team here, who are committed to continually improving quality and efficiency and never just accepting the status quo.”
“I truly believe this is a technique that will be hugely beneficial in the UK.” Aside from his role at Great Ormond Street, Dr Lachman works with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and is the National Clinical Lead for the S.A.F.E (Situation Awareness for Everyone) Programme, where he
Above: Staff confer about the progress of a patient
is directing research into the new huddle technique. “I support work at 12 sites, including Great Ormond Street, where we are testing the huddle. The huddle methodology was developed at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. I was asked to write a commentary on their work for the British Medical Journal for Quality and Safety, and I truly believe this is a technique that will be hugely beneficial in the UK.
patient is more unwell and at risk of significantly deteriorating. With this early knowledge staff can then consider how to prevent deterioration, potentially leading to decreased admissions into intensive care, decreased length of a patient’s stay in hospital and ultimately increased parent and patient satisfaction.
“Huddles will be particularly beneficial for surgical patients. It is important to remember that these patients, as well as being monitored before, during and “A huddle is an informal yet regular after an operation, also have an meeting of all the staff involved in underlying medical condition. a child’s care. This way, everyone’s view can be heard – whether that’s Therefore a huge amount of care is required as well as very a surgeon, a nurse, a parent, a complex management. There are social worker or physiotherapist. some aspects that parents are The huddle enables everyone to
way of sharing information. The current wards are cramped and spread over five different locations across the hospital. Dr Lachman explains “The increased space and single bedrooms on the new postsurgical ward will provide room for nurses to conduct a huddle in a patient’s room with the parents, followed by a larger huddle out on the ward or in a staff area with all the medical team. The fact that the single bedrooms also have space for a parent to stay is a benefit, as it allows them to remain an integral part of the team. Finally, the co-location of all the surgical patients will undoubtedly make for improved situation awareness and really help us to streamline the care of these complex patients.” THE TICK TOCK CLUB NEWSLETTER
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KIDNEY
KIDNEY
Making the difference for children with renal problems Eagle Ward
The Renal Department at Great Ormond Street Hospital, based on Eagle Ward, is helping to lead the way in the treatment of children with kidney problems. As well as caring for an increasing number of children who are presenting with complex kidney conditions, the team are conducting a number of pioneering clinical research studies and trials to help future generations of young patients.
it is still incredibly exciting as it Dr William Van’t Hoff, a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist is offering new hope for children with life-threatening or life-limiting and Honorary Senior Lecturer disorders that were previously at the UCL Institute of Child thought to be incurable. Health, is the head of Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Somers “The extra space and individual Clinical Research Facility. “We are continuing to grow the number of bedrooms on the ward mean clinical trials we are undertaking we have room to conduct this within the Renal Department research and can offer participants and are seeing an increase in the number of these clinical trials as the privacy they deserve.” well as in the breadth and the “I am delighted to say that, over diversity of the research. the last few years, the renal team has become one of the most “In particular, we are definitely active in terms of conducting seeing a growth in what is known clinical research studies and trials as personalised medicine. These across the whole hospital. This is are treatments that are focused largely thanks to the wonderful on correcting specific genetic facilities on Eagle Ward, which defects, and identifying categories the Tick Tock Club helped to of patients with certain conditions fund. The renal team can now that may benefit. Although much of this work is at a very early stage, use Eagle Ward as a facility for
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inpatient clinical research as well as the hospital’s Clinical Research Facility, which was just not feasible beforehand. The extra space and individual bedrooms on the ward mean we have room to conduct this research and can offer participants the privacy they deserve. “We have, in the last 18 months, undertaken seven clinical research studies which have involved ward patients, ward visits or use of the ward to study procedures. The Dr William Van’t Hoff, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Esme and Freya’s story Sisters Esme and Freya were both diagnosed with Alport syndrome when they were just a few years old. Alport syndrome is genetic and causes a progressive loss of kidney function, as well as hearing and vision problems. It is likely that both sisters will need a kidney transplant.
focus of these studies ranges from personalised medicine for rare kidney diseases to trials in dialysis. A wide variety of clinical research is now available, with all of the renal consultants involved in at least one study, if not more. “I believe research is core to the work we do here at Great Ormond Street Hospital. We need to ensure that everyone including staff, patients and families has the opportunity to hear about our research, and the opportunity to participate in relevant studies. The research being undertaken on Eagle Ward and by the renal team is helping to make this a reality.”
Below: Thanks to the care they receive at Great Ormond Street Hospital Esme and Freya are able to lead fun and happy lives.
local Young Person’s Advisory Group, which is located at Great Ormond Street Hospital. This group gives young people a platform to voice their views about research and raise awareness about medical research for children. We really enjoy being part of it. We get to hear from researchers across the country and the world and are able to help educate the next generation about the importance of research.
Since their diagnosis “Medical research isn’t simply Esme and Freya have on children – it’s with children.” been under the care of Dr Van’t Hoff at Great Ormond Street Hospital. “We are now also part of a project “During one of our appointments called Generation R. This began as Dr Van’t Hoff talked to us about a an event at the Science Museum. research study he was conducting Young people, from hospitals all about one of the medicines that over the country, attended as well we take to help treat our condition. as 150 healthcare professionals He asked us, and our mum, if we involved in research. It gave us the might be interested in taking part. chance to spread the word about We were given lots of information young people’s involvement in about what joining the trial would research. Now Generation R has involve, including a special patient really gathered momentum and information booklet. With mum, we are currently helping to develop we decided that we really wanted a website and magazine. to get involved.” “We also travel across the country The trial lasted for nearly four years. to present the work we are doing. Esme and Freya came to the Somers Although it can be nerve-wracking Clinical Research Facility many times speaking in front of hundreds of for tests that would help Dr Van’t Hoff collect information for the study. people it’s great to be given the opportunity and learn valuable Even though Freya had to withdraw life skills such as presenting from the trial early due to the rapid information and networking. It’s progression of her condition, both important to get the message sisters enjoyed taking part. across to people everywhere that medical research isn’t simply on “During the trial Dr Van’t Hoff children – it’s with children.” suggested that we should join the THE TICK TOCK CLUB NEWSLETTER
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HEART AND LUNG
HEART AND LUNG
Making the difference for children with heart problems Revolutionary research into cardiovascular imaging and 3D printing is allowing patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital to hold their heart in their hands, providing surgeons with perfect models ahead of complex operations. Above and left: Professor Taylor highlights the intricacies of a 3D model of child’s heart
Professor Andrew Taylor, Divisional Director for Cardiorespiratory Services at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging at UCL, manages all the services on Flamingo Ward and Bear Ward which the Tick Tock Club helped to fund as part of its first appeal. He also specialises in the imaging of children’s hearts and in 3D printing, the exciting new
provide is the data to quantify that information. For example it can’t tell us how well the heart is pumping, or how much a problematic valve is leaking. “What we’ve seen over the last 10 years is the use of MRI and CT scanning to help create a better picture of a patient’s heart. This type of imaging allows us to see 3D information about the
“...rapid prototype modelling allows us to literally print the physical shape from the computer, which provides us with an exact model of the patient’s heart.” technology that is finding new and life-saving, uses in modern medicine. “Almost all patients receive an echocardiogram, a form of ultrasound, which gives us lots of information about a child’s heart. However, what the echocardiogram doesn’t
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heart that would be extremely difficult to obtain using any other technique. What’s even more helpful now is the fact that we have the ability to print this 3D information. This advanced form of rapid prototype modelling allows us to literally print the
“...it also provides an excellent way for us to communicate with a child and their family.” physical shape from the computer, which provides us with an exact model of the patient’s heart. “There are two clear benefits to this. The first is that it enables my colleagues and I to plan treatment better, especially for patients who are born with very complex cardiac problems or even with abnormalities that are so rare that we have never encountered them before. There are many different treatment options available, and all have different pros and cons, so the model allows us to safely test which method will be best for that particular child, as they know precisely what the anatomy looks like before a procedure. “The second advantage is that it also provides an excellent way for us to communicate with a child and their family. By showing them the model we can explain exactly what the problem is and
demonstrate what we plan to do to fix it. We can print models in-house to show patients, but we’ve found if we use the expertise of other establishments we can create something even more child-friendly. We’ve worked with the Royal College of Art to print coloured models which the children respond really
“More often than not, the patients ask to take them home after their treatment...” well to, and we can even make them blue and red so they can understand the blood flow. More often than not, the patients ask to take them home after their treatment – which, of course, we are delighted to let them do.” To hear more about Professor Andrew Taylor’s work on 3D printing and his thoughts on the new cardiac facilities visit the Club website at www.gosh.org/ ticktock/exclusivecontent for a short film, exclusive to Tick Tock Club members.
Thank you for your support – your membership of the Tick Tock Club has made a huge difference to our patients, their families and our world-class staff. As this newsletter highlights, we aim to build on the Tick Tock Club’s fantastic achievements through the creation of the new state-ofthe-art surgery centre within the Mittal Children’s Medical Centre. This will allow us to continue pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in paediatric surgery, and to provide the best outcomes possible for our young patients. If you would like more information on the stories in this edition of the Tick Tock Club newsletter, or would like to learn more about the Club, please contact Heather Roberts, Appeal Manager, at ticktockclub@gosh.org or by telephone on 020 7239 3133.
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We are sincerely grateful to our Patron, Gary Lineker OBE, Chairman, Grahame Chilton, and the Tick Tock Club members, including those who wish to remain anonymous, for their generous support. Our special thanks go to those members who have supported the Tick Tock Club over three or two appeals, and those members who have made an exceptional additional contribution. 4 Charity Foundation Mr and Mrs Terence Adams Nick and Kate Austin Mr Tony Ball The Barclay Foundation Mr and Mrs Peter Beckwith The Beecham Family Alan and Sara Bennie Emily and Len Blavatnik Mr Bobrovnikov and Mrs Chernavskaya The Bunting Family John and Susan Burns CBRE Jason and Belinda Chaffer Mr and Mrs Joe Chambers The Chilton Family Sir Trevor and Lady Chinn John Coldman Mr and Mrs Ken Costa The Peter Cruddas Foundation Dr Genevieve and Mr Peter Davies Ian and Penny Davis The DG Charitable Settlement Sarah and Lloyd Dorfman Alex and Tara Easton Tamara Ecclestone André Elshout and Mike Elms The Entertainer Michael and Francesca Evans FDD International Ltd Dorothée and Pierre-Henri Flamand Gary and Catherine Grant Green Hall Foundation Charles and Kaaren Hale Robert Hall Foundation Mrs R E Heale The Higgins Family The Hobson Charity Limited
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