Little Hearts at home was developed in collaboration with our cardiac team, community nurses and families themselves." Read more about Little Hearts at Home here 👉 t.co/flQ1TMipko

At Alder Hey Innovation, we believe that real breakthroughs in paediatric care comes when clinicians, families and technologists work together, listening to lived experiences and designing solutions that address real world challenges.

...their children home safety, whilst still managing the very managing their clinical safety. Connecting parent, community nurses and cardiac specialists through real time monitoring, we can detect early warning signs and intervene before emergencies arise.

It was very emotional and a very special evening for us all.”

Jemma Blake - Little Hearts at Home Programme Manager said: "Little Hearts at Home is about more than just data, it's about giving families and children with complex congenital heart conditions a chance to bring...

..caused concern that we would get an immediate response from the clinicians involved in her care. It was wonderful to attend the award ceremony and for Orla to receive her heart hero award alongside the amazing innovation team from Alder Hey, who were with us on the night.

Orla’s mum, Alice, said: “The impact on us as a family has been incalculable. When you have your baby, all you want to do is to go home and start your life together. This is what Little Hearts At Home allowed us to do with the huge reassurance that if any of Orla’s reading...

It allows families to monitor their baby’s health safely at home, with all the readings sent directly to our clinicians. This service allowed Orla to be in the comfort of her home, whilst being monitored remotely by clinicians.

At 17 days old, she was then allowed to go home with her parents Alice and Adam, due to the Little Heart at Home monitoring service, developed by alder Hey. Little Hearts at Home is a home-monitoring service developed by Alder Hey and funded by @alderheycharity.org and @thebhf.bsky.social

This means the right side of the heart has to do the work of both sides, which can lead to mixed blood flow & problems in delivering oxygen-rich blood to the body. Orla had open-heart surgery at Alder Hey to fit a shunt (small tube), that helped blood flow in the right direction.

At one week old, Orla was diagnosed with a serious congenital heart condition called double outlet right ventricle fallout type. This is where her aorta and pulmonary artery are connected to the heart’s right ventricle (chamber) instead of the left.

It’s a pilot study, aiming to find early imaging features that could help predict how children will recover and live after treatment.

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The study, titled “Early imaging Predictors of Quality of Life in Children and Young People. A pilot study in Paediatric Ependymoma (EPiQ – Ependymoma)”, is the first imaging study to be launched under the European Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE) Brain Tumour Group.

He also took some time to meet with LFC fan Jackson and his parents, before getting some pictures with our staff 📸💙

A huge thank you to Wayne for taking the time out to come and brighten everybody’s day 🙌

Dan said: 🗣️ "It creates some very exciting possibilities, and the chance to do what I think everyone involved with child health wants – make a step change for the better in the lives of children, both here, across the UK, and internationally"

100% of all profits from this campaign will be donated to Alder Hey Children's Charity (Registered Charity Number 1160661).