Health

Papworth invented a technique, called Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD), for retrieving hearts from donors whose life support systems have been switched off, which now makes up about a quarter of all heart transplants in the UK. The work was, however, funded by the hospital’s charity, rather than the NHS.

Casey’s dad, Sean, said they had had to learn things as new parents that they never considered would be part of family life – from feeding him through a stomach tube to what to do if the hospital calls with an urgent update in the middle of the night.

Joanna Street, lead endometriosis and pelvic pain specialist nurse at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals, said the team were grateful for Amos’s fundraising efforts, with money previously raised used to buy reclining chairs “so that patients who are in pain can sit more comfortably”.