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Children’s Heart Surgery Fund is proud to showcase
the following funded projects:

VeinViewer Flex Physiotherapy Conference

As part of social media Emma Beaglehole is Specialist
campaign #IamABLE Physiotherapist within the Congenital
DM Thomas Foundation Cardiology team. Earlier this year
for Young People held Emma applied for funding to attend a
a special £30,000 physiotherapy conference in Southampton.
giveaway for charities The conference allowed Emma to network
taking part in the day.
and meet with her peers from around the
We were over the moon to find out we country.
had been awarded £2,500 towards a She also had the opportunity to present at the conference, sharing her
‘VeinViewer Flex’. own knowledge and valuable experience of working within cardiology
This device uses infrared to show a patient’s physiotherapy at the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit.
veins beneath the skin. This helps make the
experience of blood tests or cannulas more Conferences such as these are
positive for children and adults with heart important for information and
conditions and reduce their anxiety. education sharing between peers from
other hospitals.
A massive thank you to the DM Thomas
Foundation for Young People who have CHSF have previously funded
improved the experiences of many heart Emma’s position at the LGI and she is
patients, and their families, when visiting fundamental to the Fontan exercise
the hospital for treatment. programme Tom talks about on pg.6!

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