Staff at a hospital in Stanmore have been nominated for a Kate Granger Compassionate Care award for their innovative invention.

Zoe Keates and Yoryd Khatri, who work at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, developed a toy MRI scanner to help put children at ease before they enter the actual machine.

Together they designed and produced a 3D printed MRI scanner with a moveable table, realistic MRI sounds, and a remote control, so children can see what happens during a scan.

Many consultants automatically decide that children under a certain age will not be able to stay still during a scan, and therefore put them on the list for general anaesthetic without allowing the child to first experience the device.

But encouraging children to have their MRI scans awake removes the risks associated with an anaesthetic, reduces anxiety, and means they can go straight home afterwards rather than returning to the ward for recovery.

Medical director Matthew Shaw said: “Zoe and Yoryd demonstrated innovation and leadership by developing this MRI model tool.

“They have worked extremely hard over the last two years to produce a quite excellent and professionally developed clinical tool.”

Now in their third year, the Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards were set up by Kate Granger, the terminally ill doctor who worked tirelessly to raise awareness around compassion in the NHS through her #hellomynameis social media campaign.

Together with her close friend and colleague Dr Natalie Silvey, Kate chose the nine finalists for this year’s awards shortly before she died from a rare type of sarcoma in June.

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