Strategic Outcomes
Improved quality and experience of care
Roald Dahl Nurses act as the one point of contact into service for both parents and health professionals alike.
Provision of Holistic family-centred care
Family centred care is embraced as a core responsibility and value by Roald Dahl Nurses.
Improved cost efficiencies and cost effectiveness
Roald Dahl Nurses focus on increasing efficiency, reducing resource wastage and parental complaints, and improving patient experience.
Demonstrating Leadership and Innovation
To improve the quality and experience of care provided, sustainably deliver high-quality holistic family-centred care, and improve efficiencies and cost effectiveness, Roald Dahl Nurses execute high levels of clinical reasoning, decision making and critical analysis.
Our Impact
We provide specialist nurses and support for seriously ill children across the UK.
We believe that every seriously ill child deserves a Roald Dahl Nurse. And thanks to you, we can establish more Roald Dahl Nurses across the UK.
Over 200 Roald Dahl Nurses established
Roald Dahl Specialist Nurses are a vital lifeline to the children and their families, supporting them clinically and emotionally.
Over 40,000 children and young people supported*
"If we didn't have our Roald Dahl Nurse, we'd feel completely alone." Parent of a seriously ill child.
**Seriously ill children supported at any one time. This number is estimated.
Over 65 Partnerships with NHS Trusts and Health Boards
We highly value our relationships with the NHS, creating and innovating seriously ill children's healthcare with them, improving outcomes and making better lives.
9.47 out of 10 - how satisfied families are with their Roald Dahl Nurse
In a recent survey we found that families value their Roald Dahl Specialist Nurses very highly.
"Our Roald Dahl Nurse has been a beacon of light in our darkest of hours." Parent of a seriously ill child.
Over 30 nurse-led innovation projects developed and delivered
We support Roald Dahl Nurses to solve problems creatively. Using a cohort approach, and through forming partnerships we work closely with our nurses to improve healthcare outcomes for children through innovation.
Roald Dahl Nurses' four impact areas
Quality and experience of care
Holistic family-centered care
Efficiencies and cost-effectiveness
Leadership and innovation
The impact of Roald Dahl Nurse Specialists
Sheffield Hallam University Research
In order to better understand the contribution of Roald Dahl Nurses to children's healthcare, in 2021 we commissioned Sheffield Hallam University to independently explore and evaluate, from the perspectives of multiple stakeholder groups, the role and impact of Roald Dahl Nurses.
Sheffield Hallam University has evidenced that Roald Dahl Nurses, regardless of their specialty, location, organisation or service focus, have a profoundly positive impact on the stakeholders around them.
Roald Dahl Nurses have proved to be invaluable assets and indispensable not only for the children and families in their caseload, but also the NHS Trusts and Health Boards where they work, the medical teams and the community at large. Read more of our Impact Reviews below.
Roald Dahl CMC Nurses Report
Annual Review 2022/23
'Marvellous Nurses' - Highlights of SHU study
Impact Newsletters and Annual Review
Our Impact Newsletters and Annual Reviews showcase our work and how the help of our incredible supporters impacts the children and families we serve.
Annual Review 2022/23
SHU - Full Evaluation Report
Charity Update - December 2022
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Demonstrating the financial value of Roald Dahl Specialist Nurses
In partnership with the Royal College of Nursing, and applying the principles of economic assessment, we have developed some case studies that illustrate the financial value of our Roald Dahl Nurses.
For example, Kirsten Johnson – Roald Dahl Sapphire Epilepsy Specialist Nurse at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust – demonstrated that her telephone and advice line service had saved the NHS £84,778 in just one year.
Find out more about Kirsten's study:
Other case studies that demonstrate the value of specialist nursing
Edith Aimiuwu - Roald Dahl Paediatric Haemoglobinopathy Clinical Nurse Specialist at Whittington Health NHS Trust - demonstrated that a nurse-led service when compared to consultant-led service can be as effective and more efficient. Read Edith's case here.
Natalie Baines - Roald Dahl Sapphire Epilepsy Nurse Specialist at Royal Surrey County Hospital – argued that her service, providing timely intervention with patient and families may avoid the healthcare system costs of between £26,320 and £78,960 per annum. Read more about Natalie's study here.
What the charity has done for us is priceless. We need our Roald Dahl Nurse.
- Parent of a seriously ill child
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