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Medway neonatal unit receives prestigious BFI recognition

May 9, 2025
The Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit at Medway Maritime Hospital has received further acknowledgement from UNICEF for its work and ongoing commitment to increase breastfeeding rates and improve care for families and babies on the unit.

Leicester Hospitals Charity and Leicester City Football Club team up to raise funds for life-saving neonatal equipment

May 9, 2025
This month, Leicester Hospitals Charity is celebrating a decade of partnership with Leicester City Football Club. Members of the football team visited the NICU to meet staff and patients and learn about the charity’s fundraising initiatives.

Retired police officer treks 24 miles to raise funds for Doncaster neonatal unit

May 9, 2025
A father whose two daughters both needed care on the neonatal unit at Doncaster Royal Infirmary has trekked 24 miles in under 12 hours to raise funds unit.

RCM Chief Executive tells national conference the impact midwives have on the women in their care is huge

May 9, 2025
Every family should leave maternity services whole and healthy is the clear message from the leader of the Royal College of Midwives as she opened the national conference in Birmingham. CEO Gill Walton also reminded delegates: “The impact your midwifery practice has on women and their families is huge.”

NICU at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital gains gold accreditation

April 10, 2025
The neonatal intensive care unit at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital has become the first hospital in the east of England region to achieve gold accreditation for the Bliss Baby Charter.

London Incubator Ball raises record-breaking amount for premature and sick babies

April 9, 2025
Ickle Pickles' annual London Incubator Ball raised more than £88,000 at the glamorous Plaisterers' Hall in central London.

Entries are encouraged for Clinical Audit Heroes Awards 2025

April 9, 2025
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership is calling for nominations for the Clinical Audit Heroes Awards, part of Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2025. These awards celebrate excellence in clinical audit and quality improvement across healthcare.

Wins for Sands and Baby Loss Awareness Week at the GLOMAMA Awards

April 9, 2025
Sands has won the Charity of the Year Award at the 2025 GLOMAMA Awards. Baby Loss Awareness Week also won Campaign of the Year for the second year in a row.

Residential bay opens following fundraising in paediatric nurse’s memory

March 10, 2025
A new parent and baby residential bay at the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care has been named the Lori Grace room, in memory of a newly-qualified paediatric nurse who sadly died before she began working there.

New standards set to improve maternity and neonatal care in Wales

March 10, 2025
Health Secretary Jeremy Miles has set out new standards and expectations for high quality and safe maternity and neonatal services in Wales.

Former NICU dad supports coffee mornings for families of the smallest patients

March 10, 2025
A father whose son spent around 100 days being cared for by the team on the NICU at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, is supporting other parents to come together to share similar experiences of having a baby who has received or is receiving care on the NICU.

Speech and language therapy helping premature babies

March 10, 2025
More than 660 premature babies have been supported by Speech and Language Therapists (SLT) in Wolverhampton, enabling them to go home earlier.