A film to ease patient fears

October 2017

The Animal Assisted Intervention team at Southampton Children’s Hospital support children through all types of treatment, including those who can be nervous about visiting the X-ray department for investigations or scans. In this short film Leo walks the patient through the department showing the equipment that would be used and explaining what you can do while having the investigation.

Therapy dog Leo is one of the team of Animal Assisted Intervention dogs who work at Southampton Childrens Hospital in the UK. They support children through a...