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We are developing, printing and distributing information literature throughout the UK to patients and medical centres, as well as exhibiting in key medical conferences, in order to spread awareness and education into the treatment and support needs of HS patients. Hidradenitis Suppurativa is a chronic skin disease. It appears as a boil like abscess in the apocrine gland-bearing areas, such as the armpits, breasts and groin. This recurrent inflammatory, and often painful disease is often overlooked, because not much is known of the actual cause. Our aim is to increase public knowledge and educate medical professions on the symptoms, treatments and severities of Hidradenitis Suppurativa. We also raise vital funds to empower research into causes, prevention and treatment.

The Oliver Fisher Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent started as a Special Care Baby Unit and the first significant steps towards special care were two incubators positioned in the corner of the adult ward, in the maternity wing in All Saints Hospital by Dr Oliver Fisher. At that time there were no special care facilities for premature or sick babies. One of his major research interests was the care of the new born child and it was this that eventually led to the establishment of the Oliver Fisher Special Care Baby Unit at All Saints Hospital. In 1983 the new unit was finally built in the grounds of All Saints Hospital and the Oliver Fisher Special Care Baby Unit was finally achieved. It had taken Dr Oliver Fisher 27 years to fulfill his dreams of a Special Care Baby Unit. In 1985 he became the president of the Oliver Fisher Special Care Baby Trust until his death in 1997. In 1999 the Unit moved to Medway Maritime Hospital and became the Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit. The Oliver Fisher Special Care Baby Trust is very proud to have continued to help support the Neonatal to the present day. The funds raised by the Trust have been used to purchase essential equipment such as ventilators, incubators, blood gas machines and ultrasound machines. The Trust also provides travel expenses to help parents visit their babies on a daily basis, amongst many other things.