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Review into increased neonatal death rates announced

A review is to be carried out into increased neonatal death rates, the Scottish Government has announced. It follows a higher than expected number of deaths in both March 2022 and September 2021, as published by Public Health Scotland. The Scottish ...

30 Sept 2022 at 18:42

Babies in the womb ‘smile’ for carrots and grimace for greens, scans reveal

Babies in the womb react to what their mothers eat and grimace when they taste and smell greens but smile for carrots, researchers have found. For the first time, scientists recorded evidence that babies react differently to various smells and ...

22 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Couple raise funds for neonatal unit they set up in Liberia after son born early

A doctor working in Africa had to race halfway around the world to get back to the UK after his wife went into labour 11 weeks early. Mikey Bryant, 36, who works with malnourished children, watched the birth of son Finley over video-link in ...

18 May 2022 at 13:25

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Senegal’s president calls for national mourning after 11 babies die in fire

Police were on guard and nearby residents and parents stood mourning outside a hospital in Senegal where a fire in the neonatal unit killed 11 newborn babies. Only three infants could be saved, President Macky Sall said before calling on ...

27 May 2022 at 08:52

Scotland

Government urged to act after ‘heart-breaking’ 852 infants born addicted

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton is calling for more cash to be invested in drug and alcohol services after “utterly heart-breaking” figures showed at least 852 babies have been born addicted since April 2017. A total ...

06 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

More than 1,100 babies born with signs of addiction since 2017

More than 1,100 babies have been born dependent on substances in the last five years, leading to calls for world-leading alcohol and drug services in Scotland. The Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged the Scottish Government to invest ...

07 Jan 2023 at 00:01

SNP MP proposes ‘vital’ support to parents of sick or premature babies

MPs are being urged to back a Bill that could help parents of sick and premature babies deal with the “practical and financial challenges” they face. The SNP’s Stuart McDonald has already won the support of the charity Bliss, which ...

09 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Father to roller skate one thousand miles in aid of neonatal charity

A father whose twins spent months in hospital after being born prematurely is aiming to roller skate 1,000 miles to raise money for a neonatal charity. Ross Pollock, 47, from Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire, said Jack and Jasmine ...

12 May 2022 at 11:25

Scotland

Specialist intensive care units to drive improvement in neonatal services

Three specialist intensive care neonatal units for babies born at high risk will be based in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh in a drive to improve maternity and neonatal care, ministers have said. They will be set up at ...

25 Jul 2023 at 17:07

Baby murderer Lucy Letby to spend rest of her life in jail for ‘evil’ crimes

Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in jail for her “cruel, calculated and cynical campaign” of murder and attempted murder of babies at the hospital where she worked. The most prolific child serial killer in ...

21 Aug 2023 at 17:55

Former nursing chief ‘wasn’t given enough information to remove Lucy Letby’

A former nursing chief has said she was not given enough information to be able to remove nurse Lucy Letby from a neonatal unit after it was claimed she refused to so. Karen Rees was the head of nursing at the ...

21 Aug 2023 at 15:01

Baby murderer Lucy Letby to spend rest of her life in jail for ‘evil’ crimes

21 Aug 2023 at 14:39

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