By Katie Lawson | Head of Fundraising and Communications
♥ YOUR SUPPORT:
A baby is born with a serious heart condition every two hours and despite congenital heart disease being one of the biggest killers of infants in the UK, only around half of heart defects are picked up during prenatal scanning. It is absolutely vital that we provide a safety net for the 1,000 babies each year that leave hospital with their heart defect undetected.We want to increase early detection rates of cardiac conditions thus improving a baby’s chances of survival and long-term quality of life. Tiny Tickers is a small charity but our work is hugely practical and effective and we would like to thank you for continuing to support our work and in turn giving heart babies a better start in life.
The money you have donated has been used to support our vital programmes, working to improve detection rates, care and treatment of congenital heart defects in babies. Although great strides have been made in detecting heart problems, the national detection rate still only sits at around 50%, so there is far more that needs to be done. Sadly, heart defects are still one of the biggest killers in babies under 1, being responsible for 1 in 13 infant deaths. We are determined to improve this statistic.
Your support will let us continue helping babies like Angus to have a better start in life.
Thank you.
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