For Hospitals

The Humpty Dumpty Foundation has been providing support for children’s health services since 1996. Humpty was originally founded to support children’s services at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. Due to the overwhelming corporate and community assistance Humpty has widened its reach to support hospitals and health service centres throughout Australia, as well as two children’s hospitals in East Timor.

Humpty buys life saving medical equipment for Neonatal Units and Paediatrics Wards.
If your hospital or health service centre is in need of medical equipment you may be eligible to submit an application for support. 
 

Eligibility for Equipment Donation

Humpty, a non-profit organisation supports the following departments – Paediatrics, Emergency Paediatrics, Maternity and Neonatal Care Centres. Areas such as education and training are also supported.
 
Eligibility criteria for consideration of a donation are as follows:
  1. Service provided only for children. Includes items such as specific medical equipment and items to improve the healing environment in medical settings
  2. Other funding sources have been explored without any success
  3. Prepared to allow Humpty access to donated equipment & services for the purposes of public relations and media exposure, including photos of plaqued equipment
  4. Prepared to affix Humpty Dumpty Foundation recognition to items donated

Proposals for co-funding of major projects with other local sources will also be favourably considered.

How to Apply for Equipment 

All requests need to complete a Humpty Dumpty Foundation Funding Application Form (one form per request).
In order for your request to be considered by Humpty’s Medical Sub Committee you must ensure you have submitted the following for each request:
  • A JPEG image (not pdf) of what you are requesting is attached with your submission
  • A current quote inclusive of GST (if applicable) - outlining exact specifications of equipment requested (quotes must be based on one unit price only – not bulk purchases).
  • All applications must be signed off by a Service Head/Hospital Representative.
Closing dates for Funding Application Forms are strictly 1 March and 1 July each year.
Please note - each request needs to be submitted on a new Funding Application Form. Call us on 02 9439 0511 should you have any questions surrounding the application process.
 

The Approval Process

All applications are checked to ensure all fields and attachments (jpeg & quote) are completed in full prior to being submitted to our Medical Sub Committee for review. Forms that are incomplete will not be submitted.
 
Humpty’s Medical Sub Committee consists of representatives from the Department of Health, Senior Medical Specialists and an ex-government official. The Committee’s role is to rigorously assess and evaluate all requests against Humpty’s Wish List Approval Guidelines.
 

Next Steps if Approved

Hospitals will be informed via email about their request being either declined or approved to appear on Humpty's Wish List.
If approved, the item will be placed on Humpty’s Wish List that will feature on this website.
Certain wishes will also be used to create an Event Wish List for such events as our Balmoral Burn and Humpty Dumpty Ball.
 
All items approved will remain on Humpty's Wish List for a period of 12 months. If for some reason your hospital no longer requires the approved equipment you must notify Humpty as soon as possible so the equipment can be removed.
Humpty's Wish List is available for supporters to purchase at Humpty events and also via our website year round. For each item that is sold, Humpty purchases the equipment directly from the medical equipment supplier (as nominated on your Funding Form) and co-ordinates the delivery to the hospital on behalf of the donor. 
 
If/when the equipment is sold Humpty will notify the requesting hospital contact via email of its sale. 
 
Humpty will organise a plaque in consultation with the donor to be affixed to the equipment. This plaque is posted to the hospital and must be affixed.
 
It is paramount that the hospital informs Humpty when the equipment has been received and the donor plaque is attached. This is very important for our records and will assist us in the organisation of donor tours and visits to the recipient hospital or health service centre.
 

This process is summarised in the following flow chart.

 

FLOW CHART OF HOSPITAL SUBMISSION

 
Application form accurately filled in (with current quotes and images), submitted to HDF before cut off dates
Application reviewed for completeness and fit to HDF guidelines
Medical Sub Committee meets and reviews all current applications
Applications ranked in order of priority with outside planning help if needed
Medical Sub Committee approves items for Humpty’s Wish List
Wish List made available at HDF events and on website for donors to purchase. If equipment is donated HDF orders it and arranges delivery according to the details supplied by the hospital on the Funding Application Form
Equipment/Donation received by hospital & commissioned. 
Hospital to inform HDF of equipment arrival. HDF orders donor plaque that is sent to the hospital.
Hospital affixes plaque to equipment and notifies HDF via a photo. Upon donor request a hospital visit/tour to be conducted with hospital. Hospital name may be used in HDF promotional activities.