The Wish List fundraises for all the wards and departments at Poole Hospital ranging from the Emergency Department and Children’s Unit to Elderly Care. Fundraising monies are used to purchase equipment and improve facilities to enhance patient care and comfort.

Sponsorship monies raised by this year’s Poole Festival of Running will go towards equipping our Maternity Unit which houses our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The Maternity Unit is the centre for all high risk care in East Dorset. The unit treats women and babies with complications as well as women with normal pregnancies and births. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has 20 cots, 4 of which are for intensive care. NICU services the maternity units at both Poole and Bournemouth Hospital.  Between the two hospitals approximately 4,500 babies are born each year of which NICU admits approximately 10%. The babies that are admitted are either pre-term (born early) or have other medical problems. It costs around £1,200 per day for each baby receiving intensive care.

The Wish List monies will be used to buy items of new equipment for the unit to make sure that we can provide the very best in modern Maternity and Neonatal care.

Find out more about Poole Hospital’s charity The Wish List at www.poole.nhs.uk/fundraising

If you would like to support The Wish List, call the Fundraising Team on 01202 448449 for more details and sponsorship forms.

Anyone entering the Minithon race who raises £50 sponsorship or more for The Wish List will be entered into a prize draw and could win a family ticket for Swanage Railway!

Runners in the 5k and 10k race who raise at least £100 for The Wish List will be entered into a prize draw and could win a night’s stay in a luxury hotel & spa!