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£116,000 Raised for Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Southampton Children’s Hospital

Critical illness doesn’t just impact the body, it deeply affects the mind. Each year, the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Southampton Children’s Hospital treats around 1,000 seriously ill or injured children, many facing extreme stress alongside their families. Thanks to our supporters, £116,000 has been raised to help fund one of five new private cubicles within the PICU, spaces designed not only for infection control, but for mental and emotional protection.  The specific cubicle funded is double the size of the other new cubicles. It’s equipped to care for the most critically ill children and infants, who require extensive medical support, and can also accommodate siblings with similar complex conditions.

These new environments offer a calm space during moments of profound uncertainty. For families and patients, privacy and dignity are essential to reducing trauma and supporting long-term psychological resilience. 

Founders Sarah Parish and Jim Murray, whose daughter Ella-Jayne was once cared for in this PICU, know firsthand the emotional intensity of such settings.

“When your child is in intensive care, privacy gives you space to feel. To cry, to rest, to hope. These rooms will ease emotional pressure at the hardest time.”

Part of a wider refurbishment, the new cubicles have been designed with emotional Support in mind, including:

  • Glass partitions with privacy blinds for light and calm
  • LED-lit ceiling panels and sensory equipment to lower distress and anxiety
  • Comfortable reclining chairs to support parent presence and rest

This project recognises that emotional wellbeing is inseparable from physical healing.

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