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Posted on October 29, 2024
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September 14, 2023
Perinatal mortality rates increased between January and December 2021, as revealed in new data published today by MBRRACE-UK.
August 16, 2023
We are delighted to announce that Queen’s Hospital neonatal unit has successfully completed its Gold accreditation and has demonstrated that they…
August 02, 2023
Bliss Baby Charter audit submissions are temporarily paused from 1 August to 31 October.
July 26, 2023
Specsavers’ Scottish stores backed Bliss Scotland as their Charity of the Year to support Scotland’s premature and sick babies and their families,…
July 25, 2023
Bliss has welcomed the reconfiguration of neonatal services in Scotland to make them safer, more effective and ensure that premature and sick babies…
July 19, 2023
A team of obstetricians, gynaecologists, neonatologists and nurses who work at Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust have raised nearly £10,000 for Bliss,…
July 12, 2023
In a report published today, The NHS Race and Health Observatory has found that the current guidelines for assessing newborns do not consider…
June 12, 2023
We are delighted to announce that Derriford Hospital neonatal unit has successfully completed its Gold accreditation and has demonstrated that they…
May 24, 2023
Bliss, alongside 22 other charities, unions, and professional bodies have written to the Treasury and Department for Business and Trade calling on…
Today the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill has been given Royal Assent and is now law.
April 21, 2023
We are delighted to announce that Tunbridge Wells Hospital neonatal unit has successfully completed its re-accreditation and has demonstrated that…
March 23, 2023
The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill has passed through second reading in the House of Lords this morning.
March 06, 2023
With a rise in cases of common infectious illnesses including Strep A, flu and RSV this winter, it’s important that families know when and how to…
March 01, 2023
Neonatal mortality rates increased slightly in 2021, as revealed in new data published today.
February 28, 2023
Earlier today (28th February 2023), the preliminary hearing for Module 3 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry heard that Bliss is one of 13 pregnancy and baby…
February 27, 2023
Childbase Partnership’s staff and families across 44 day nurseries have raised a staggering £181,761 for Bliss, the UK’s leading charity for babies…
January 26, 2023
Reliance on the visual signs of jaundice could put babies, particularly those born prematurely or with Black and Brown skin, at risk of harm.
January 20, 2023
The latest birth statistics for 2021 show a slight increase in overall preterm birth rates, with the highest rate of preterm birth among Black babies.