Action needed to reduce the incidence and impact of preterm birth, says @HLPretermBirth in new report.
🔽 Hear more from Lord Patel, chair and retired professor of obstetrics, and witnesses @survivingpreemi and Francesca Segal.
📄 See highlights: https://t.co/jwpgWjYM00
The Committee has now completed its work, and this account will no longer be regularly posting. The Government has to respond to our report within two months, and we will provide updates when this is published.
Thankyou to all who contributed to our inquiry!
Last week we published our report, “Preterm birth: reducing risks and improving lives”.
Read a summary of our key findings here: https://t.co/lGHD0qElTI
You can also find the full report on our website: https://t.co/Bb5vcaouSb
‘It’s the things that make you a family that were taken away’
As a new report is published by the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee, Nadia Leake told @itsanitarani why why she thinks a focus on the needs of parents and families with preterm babies is so important.
We are pleased to see FICare & Outreach highlighted in the @HLPretermBirth report & hope to see the recommendations delivered.
The NNA will continue to call for the commissioning of Transitional Care & quality roles, incl #NeoPallCare
Read the report 👉
https://t.co/HvEfI54t8X
The House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee report 'Preterm birth: reducing risks and improving lives' has been published.
You can find the report here: https://t.co/JG78c4JPQn
@RCPCHtweets@Blisscharity@HLPretermBirth
The @HLPretermBirth Committee report, published today, is calling on the Government to do more to reduce the incidence and impact of pre-term births in the UK.
@itsanitarani speaks to some of the women involved in that report to find out more ⬇️
@survivingpreemi We also heard from the founder of @_SmallestThings on the importance of support for families when they return home.
Plus, hear more from Lord Patel on issues around the implementation of guidelines and follow up assessments.
📄 Read full report https://t.co/oGXIA5Cilz
Action needed to reduce the incidence and impact of preterm birth, says @HLPretermBirth in new report.
🔽 Hear more from Lord Patel, chair and retired professor of obstetrics, and witnesses @survivingpreemi and Francesca Segal.
📄 See highlights: https://t.co/jwpgWjYM00
🚨 Tomorrow we will be publishing our final report. Follow here for updates!
Thank you to all those who shared their views with the committee.
You can find out more about the evidence we received here:
https://t.co/UNvZYdCRwc
We asked Hilary Cruickshank @HilaryC8, Prof Samantha Johnson @SamJPsych @uniofleicester and Prof Neil Marlow @ucl what follow-up support children who were born preterm need in an evidence session on 11 March.
You can watch the Committee in action here: https://t.co/v7SFKFv8hi
Last week we held the last evidence sessions for our inquiry. We’re now ready to draft our report, which will be published later this year.
Find out more about select committee reports and Government responses here:
https://t.co/5O7b56JUoB
@NHSEngland@CMidOEngland@DHSCgovuk@LucyChappell2 We’ll discuss topics including:
- current targets and policies to reduce preterm birth
- staffing for maternity and neonatal services
- support for babies and families during neonatal care and following discharge from hospital
- support for pregnancy and neonatology research.
📺Watch our final evidence session on Thursday 5 September: https://t.co/LlX80xgUqz
At 10am we hear from @NHSEngland ⬇️
- Kate Brintworth @CMidOEngland, Chief Midwifery Officer
- Prof Donald Peebles, National Clinical Director for Maternity
@NHSEngland@CMidOEngland Then at 11am we hear from @DHSCgovuk⬇️
- Baroness Merron, Minister for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health
- Prof Lucy Chappell @LucyChappell2, Chief Scientific Adviser
- Fiona Walshe, Director of Mental Health, Disabilities and Maternity
Parliament returns today after the summer break, and that means our inquiry resumes.
The Committee next meets on Thursday 5th September - follow us for more details.
We discussed the resourcing of maternity and neonatal services with Clare Livingstone @ClareRcm@MidwivesRCM, Róisín McKeon-Carter @MckeonCarter@NNAUK1 & Prof Basky Thilaganathan @ProfBasky@RCObsGyn on 25 March.
Watch the session here: https://t.co/W2jAhaJAf4