Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) are proud to support local Cardiac Nurse Specialists, supporting heart patients and their families across our region.
CHSF currently fund four nurses posts in:
- Bradford
- Scunthorpe / Grimsby
- Sheffield
- Calderdale
We hope to keep funding these local nurse roles for more areas in our region but we can only do so with your support.
FUNDED BECAUSE OF YOU
Carin van Doorn to receive OBE in King’s Birthday Honours
Ms Carin van Doorn (Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon at Leeds Children’s Hospital and CHSF Charity Trustee) has been awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours list. Carin is recognised for her enormous contribution to children’s...
CHSF donates £15,000 to Eckersley House
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) have awarded a further grant of £15,000 towards Eckersley House, a ‘Home from Home’ run by The Sick Children’s Trust for parents with a seriously ill child in hospital. Since being relocated next to the Leeds Children’s Hospital in...
Support for families: May 2025
"This month we have reflected on connections. We tend to focus on positive outcomes in terms of a successful surgery, a family going home after a long admission or the speedy recovery of a patient - but we sometimes forget those small wins and bonds formed through CHD...