The journal

Infant journal covers a wide range of subjects that reflects the varied roles of the professionals working in this area. Practical and clinically based, Infant supports neonatal and infant paediatric nursing and medical practice and develops professional education and health promotion skills.

Infant provides a valuable resource for everyone involved in caring for premature babies and critically ill infants. Technological developments and their impact on care are discussed, as well as the social and psychological issues relating to family support and child development.

Infant has a board of distinguished advisors whose experience and knowledge ensures that articles carried in the journal are factually correct, topical and relevant for all readers. All articles published in Infant are subject to peer review in order to guarantee that all content meets the highest standards.

Topics planned for the August/September 2026 issue include:

• Improving infant comfort and staff wellbeing during neonatal lumbar puncture: A quality improvement project implementing an evidence-based wrapped holding technique
• Parental and health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes towards donor human milk in neonatal care: Implications for utilisation, breastfeeding outcomes and future directions
• Neonatal presentations of Moebius sequence: A single centre experience
• Impact of ventilatory support and oxygen therapy in moderate to late pre-term infants on developmental outcomes: A systematic review