Thanks in part to The Pied Piper Appeal's pledge to raise at least £1.2million for children in Gloucestershire, there is now a bright, modern, state of the art Children's Centre to replace Gloucestershire Royal Hospital's range of dispersed children's facilities with an integrated Children's Centre.

The new Centre provides:

• a 44 bed Inpatient and day care accommodation
• outpatient services
• clinical administration accommodation

The provision is for children aged 16 and under regardless of speciality. The current target population for Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is estimated to be 7,313 new attendances with 23,715 follow-up attendances. These numbers include Paediatric Medicine, Paediatric Surgery, Paediatric Oncology and Other Medical, which includes a small number of medical specialities. Totals also include Oncology.

The Childrens Centre opened for patients in December 2004 and in March 2007 The Pied Piper Appeal fulfilled its pledge and made the final payment of £201,016 to Gloucestershire Hospital's NHS Foundation Trust. The work is far from over however, with many new projects. The charity's Chairman, Mr Roger Head DL, has emphasised that the charity is supporting and will continue to support the sick children of the County.

For details on the other projects we have been involved in and are currently fundraising for please click here History page