Our mission at the heart of the community

We know that not everyone has the same access to healthcare and that many people experience barriers to care. We want to change this and make sure everyone can access the healthcare they need and has the best possible experience for their individual needs.

Over the past two years, we’ve funded almost £800,000 in projects that have helped tackle health inequalities. But there’s still so much more to be done, particularly for young people moving from paediatric to adult care, the learning disability and neurodiverse population, and those accessing mental health and maternity care.

We want to reduce these health inequalities, remove these stresses, and make sure no-one slips through the gap. Will you join us?

The hospital environment plays an important role in the way people recover, influencing the healing process and improving patient wellbeing.

We transform your hospital spaces into calming, comfortable environments, designed with patients and families in mind. This helps reduce levels of anxiety and stress and shortens recovery periods. From sensory design and artwork to calming lighting and nature, the physical environment has a significant impact not only on patients, but families and staff too.

We also support the vibrant Hospital Arts Programme, which gives holistic care to patients and staff in the healing form of art, music, dance, creative writing and drawing.

Did you know that nearly two thirds of the patients in your hospitals are aged over 65 and 40% of people over 75 accessing hospital services are likely to have cognitive problems or dementia?

We fund projects that that not only transform their experience within your hospitals, but also help to support rehabilitation, reduce anxiety and distress, and improve engagement with loved ones and NHS staff.

We provide programmes of support that keep people mobile and fitter for longer, spaces that support those living with dementia, and activities that promote engagement and wellbeing.

The NHS is always evolving and we support your hospitals so they can continue to deliver world-class care.

We’ll fund the most innovative and emerging technologies and treatments that can change, or even save, a patient’s life. Treatments that wouldn’t otherwise be available. We're working with your NHS on new ways of working that will transform patient care.

We’ve funded innovative research, pioneering new treatments and cutting-edge technology that goes above and beyond the standard NHS provision, including 4D scanners to treat babies in the womb, life-saving heart pumps for high-risk cardiac patients, and bespoke incubators to transport the youngest and most vulnerable patients.