The Trust that runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has received new pulse oximetry machines to improve the detection and early care of babies with serious heartconditions. The seven pulse oximetry machines, donated as part of our Pulse Oximetry Project & Test for Tommy campaign, have allowed the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs…
On the 17th February 2021, hundreds of charities, including Tiny Tickers, will take to social media to back the Right Now Campaign and call on the government to create an Emergency Support Fund for the third sector. Right now, charities are doing everything they can to make a difference, but resources are running out and…
This year’s Giving Tuesday (the international day of giving on the 1st December every year) has been another huge success for Tiny Tickers. The Helping Hearts appeal, which aims to provide support to families facing congenital heart disease, has never been more needed than during the global pandemic. With the money raised, we will be…
Tiny Tickers is concerned by the findings of the BBC News investigation into private baby scans. We have long backed calls for sonography to be a regulated profession – something we believe is important for the protection of the public and to help the dedicated NHS sonographers who look after them. We fully support medical…
Even though our small charity is facing our toughest months in our 20 years we are still here… delivering support and services amidst the harshest of circumstances. So we wanted to share the good news; the news that has kept our spirits up over the last few months. SUPPORT FOR PARENTS: We continue working…
We’re delighted that we have been able to start placing pulse oximetry machines in maternity wards across the UK once again. These monitors, which can help detect serious heart conditions soon after birth, are used to help improve early detection rates of congenital heart disease. Unfortunately, earlier this year we had to pause three of…
