The Randal Charitable Foundation has awarded Societi Foundation with a grant to carry out important work within UK hospitals – to greatly improve Kawasaki Disease knowledge, reduce misdiagnosis,  and shorten diagnosis times so children with Kawasaki Disease are treated fast. Kawasaki Disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in UK children.

Societi is currently running a 3 year engagement programme, working in partnership with children’s hospitals in the UK and, via online resources, across Europe. We are providing support, clinical information, resources and training to grow awareness and knowledge of Kawasaki Disease, grows (remove) with the goal of reducing heart damage in affected children. This is something we’ve had as a goal for some time! And it’s thanks to funding and support from the Randal Charitable Foundation that it is now possible.

Such powerful support from the Randal Foundation means we can really speed up our work to build knowledge among children’s doctors, who will then be ready to diagnose and treat FAST any child they see with Kawasaki Disease.. (remove full stop) Our goals include a reduction in both loss of life from Kawasaki Disease and in the rate of heart damage in children over the course of this fabulous partnership programme.

The Randal Charitable Foundation was founded by Dr Nik Kotecha OBE and Moni Kotecha with a clear unwavering vision, which is to directly save lives, help the socially disadvantaged and significantly improve the quality of life for those in need in the UK and around the world.

Find out more about the Randal Charitable Foundation and the amazing work they do here.

See below for an update on progress and milestones for this important programme of work.