Children’s Heart Surgery Fund

The use of the Headlight Camera with live display in the operating theatre will improve understanding of abnormalities of the heart, as well as operating techniques. It will benefit the whole medical team caring for the patient at the time of the operation. It will contribute to improvements in team working and in quality of care for patients with increasingly complex heart conditions.

The ability to view an operation in more detail (both during the procedure and reviewing the recorded images) is an important tool for training surgeons and for determining if re-operations are needed for patients.

Your funding will help to enhance the lives of the 400 young patients who have surgical procedures in the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit each year, many of whom have life-limiting conditions.