A raft of improvements to the neonatal unit have enabled it to start caring for some of the area’s most premature babies once again. The unit has been fully approved to return to level 2 status having increased medical and nursing recruitment and boosted training and leadership.

At a first-of-its-kind summit on maternity and neonatal safety, delegates will hear from Megan Bidder of NHS Resolution about the financial costs of safety failings in maternity and neonatal care, and from Dr Bill Kirkup, author of independent investigations into maternity services, who will set out how crises occur, particularly around culture and multidisciplinary working.

Argyro Syngelaki has received a Royal College of Midwives Fellowship for her work to improve care for women and their families. She thanked the thousands of women who have taken part in research programmes at King’s College Hospital.

North Central London Integrated Care Board and NHS England has decided that four maternity units will deliver care, while births will eventually not take place at the Royal Free Hospital. The four hospitals will provide at least level two care for premature and unwell babies, ensuring more specialist support.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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

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.

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.