Olive's Appeal, inspired by Olive, who spent the first three months of her life in neonatal care, continues to make a difference for premature and unwell babies at East Surrey Hospital.
Each year, around 500 babies need special care from East Surrey Hospital at the very start of their lives in the neonatal unit.
Since 2020, your donations to Olive's Appeal, and a major investment by Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) have transformed the neonatal unit which cares for these babies and their families.
Your donations have helped provide:
Five state of the art incubators for our smallest patients, enhancing care by regulated heating controls and assisting with family bonds through the use of audio.
Decoration for the whole unit with a calming rainforest theme adorning the walls.
A pram for parents to use for babies that are well enough to walk around the hospital grounds.
A breast pump loan library for when new parents do not anticipate needing a breast pump, we can alleviate the worry of having to source one.
Comforting aids for babies in the form of zaky hands recognising that touch is a babies first form of communicating before language, nurturing connections and enhancing sleep.
Communications equipment to help the team communicate important information to families and their loved ones.
A family room transformation, from an old cupboard, to a room that parents can take a moment away from the clinical setting.
Donate from a mobile phone
Text OLIVE to 70085 to donate £3 to our neonatal unit appeal *This costs £3 plus a std rate message.*
A transport incubator 
We are now asking for your help to provide a specialist neonatal transport incubator, to further enhance the care we can provide to the smallest babies here in the hospital.
Make overnight stays more comfortable for parents
Parents deserve an overnight room where they can stay alongside their new baby which is calming and comforting. We want to enhance a room in the unit to do just this, making a clinical room feel more homely for parents, whilst still caring for our smallest patients.
