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Safer Sleep Week 2018

09 March 2018 This week (12 to 18 March) is the Lullaby Trust’s annual awareness campaign on safer sleep. The Lullaby Trust raises awareness of SIDS and provides advice on safer sleep for babies and emotional support for bereaved families.

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Parent-infant sleep research gets royal approval

04 December 2017 The Parent-Infant Sleep Lab at Durham University has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for higher education.

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RCM recommends universal provision of Baby Boxes in UK

02 August 2018 A new Position Statement from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) supports the universal provision of baby boxes in the UK. Currently baby boxes are given to all new babies in Scotland.

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RCM welcomes Scotland Baby Box scheme

19 June 2017 Today registration opens for Scotland’s Baby Box scheme. Parents of babies due on or after 15 August 2017 will receive a baby box.

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Study reviews sudden unexpected infant deaths

27 July 2018 For the first time in England a study has been conducted of official investigations of unexpected infant deaths.

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• • Safety
  • Safe Sleep
  • Postnatal Care

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Need for more support for parents says RCM on sleeping their baby safely - RCM responds to The Lullaby Trust survey of parents

10 March 2017 Today The Lullaby Trust has published a survey of parents which found that over 55% of parents are unsure of the basic steps they can take to lower the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The survey of 500 parents with children aged 0-2 ...

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• • Maternal Sleeping Position
  • Labour
  • Stillbirth
  • Safe Sleep
  • Midwives
  • Better Births Initiative

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‘Position is important even for healthy pregnant women with no risk factors say midwives on new study’

21 November 2016 RCM comments on new research which indicates lying on your back while giving birth could increase your chance of stillbirth.

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Urgent, targeted support needed, says RCM on sudden infant deaths report

16 July 2020 We urgently need wider and more targeted care and support for parents says the Royal College of Midwives, responding to a Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel report on the sudden unexpected death of infants.