Charity donation buys trolleys for neonatal unit

One trolley has been bought for each bed in the unit.

A charity donation of £38,000 has been used to buy 26 specialist trolleys for a hospital's neonatal unit.

The trolleys were purchased by the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) charity and given to New Cross Hospital.

One trolley has been bought for each bed in the unit.

"They will help standardise practice and storage of equipment, as well as reduce the risk of infection due to the design and closed drawers system," said Katie Haywood, matron for neonatal services.

The trolleys come with five different coloured drawers - four for parent care for their baby and one for staff care for each baby.

"They will also enable us to support parent-led medications administration using the lockable green pharmacy drawer."

Aakriti Aakriti was a first-time mum on the ward, and said she found the trolleys helpful.

"They are lovely and helping with breast-feeding equipment storage and more space for me to store my baby's belongings," she said.