Cutting-edge medical equipment and technology

With the help of our supporters, we give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhoods, possible. This includes funding vital, cutting-edge equipment and technology to drive innovation, increase efficiency, and improve patient and family experiences.

Here are just a few examples of the equipment we’ve funded over the last few years.

We funded a transformative new electronic patient record system, called Epic, at GOSH in 2019 through a £36 million grant.

As well as upgrading essential hospital systems, Epic has improved patient and family experiences through MyGOSH, a platform which allows patients to access and engage with their own records.

"The most frequent positive response has been the accessibility of test results, as prior to MyGOSH parents could spend many stressful days waiting to hear back from the hospital."

– GOSH parent

The Khoo Teck Puat intraoperative MRI suite revolutionised brain surgery at GOSH after opening in 2021. We funded this with a £13.6 million grant.

The suite includes an MRI scanner that provides high-definition images of a child’s brain during an operation. This enables surgeons to interpret real-time imaging and agree how best to proceed with the patient’s surgery, thereby improving the accuracy of epilepsy and brain tumour surgeries and increases patient safety.

We’re committed to funding data infrastructure projects that drive positive transformations in children’s health.

GOSH is one of the most digitally advanced hospitals in Europe and aims to use data and digital technologies to improve the care children receive and the staff experience.

The GOSH Data Research, Innovation and Virtual Environment (DRIVE) unit was established in 2018. Here, data scientists help teams to use clinical and operational data through its secure, trusted Digital Research Environment (DRE). The world-leading DRE was established thanks to funding from us.

We also fund the Clinical Informatics Research Programme based in DRIVE.

This is an extensive research programme supporting clinicians, nurses, allied health professionals and data scientists to collaborate on data-driven research projects that aim to improve child health outcomes.