Kent and Medway Neonatal Voices

We will be conducting an infant feeding survey where we will ask mothers with new babies:

➡️ how they feed their babies
➡️ where they get advice on feeding
➡️ questions on their pregnancy and lifestyle

You will get a letter if you are invited to take part.

Find out more or opt out: https://infantfeedingsurvey.ipsos.com/2023/

We know that trying to express for your baby can be challenging whilst you are on a neonatal unit with your baby. Here is some useful information about expressing.

If you were in neonatal care and expressing for your baby what tips would you give a new parent to help?

https://buff.ly/3PZ1A67

Medway Maternity and Neonatal Voices partnership will be visiting the Neonatal department at Medway hospital

On 9th March at 10am

This is an opportunity to speak to parents and collect feedback on your experiences but also an opportunity for us to talk to you about what an MVP is and what we do.

Please do come ans talk to us!

If you wish to send any feedback via email please send it to [email protected]

Medway maternity team and Medway Maternity Voices partnership are passionate about improving maternity services for black and Asian pregnant women and birthing people. 📣

To understand what is working well, and what could be done better we are inviting all Black and Asian women, birthing people and new parents to attend this Maternity listening event and provide their thoughts and feedback about their experiences.

It will be held on 31st March 12pm-1pm

💌 If you are unable to attend please still send your feedback to [email protected]

Medway maternity team and Medway Maternity Voices partnership are passionate about improving maternity services for all pregnant women and birthing people. 📣

To understand what is working well, and what could be done better we are inviting all pregnant women, birthing people and new parents to attend this Maternity listening event and provide their thoughts and feedback about their experiences.

It will be held on 31st March from 11am-12pm

💌 If you are unable to attend please still send your feedback to [email protected]

Has your baby had neonatal care in Kent? 📣

If so, we would like to hear about how the experience was for you and your family.

💌 To leave feedback please comment, message the page or email us at [email protected]

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🚨Has you baby had neonatal care in Kent 🚨

If so, we would like to hear about how it was for you and your baby. 📣

💌 To leave feedback please message the page or email us at [email protected] 💌

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Feedback wanted 📢

👶🏽 Has your baby received neonatal care in Kent?

If so, we would like to know how it was for you?

To leave feedback

💌 email us at [email protected]
💌 message the page
💌 commmet on this post

Thank you!

“Today’s Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill, introduced by Stuart C McDonald MP and backed by government, will allow parents to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave, in addition to other leave entitlements such as maternity and paternity leave, so that they can spend more time with their baby at what is a hugely stressful time.

Once in law, neonatal care leave will be available to employees from their first day in a new job and will apply to parents of babies who are admitted into hospital up to the age of 28 days, and who have a continuous stay in hospital of 7 full days or more.”

This is such incredible news and an amazing recognition about the support that NICU parents need. I know there’s so many of us that would have loved this to have been in place when we went through it. I hope it gives parents facing the NICU one less thing that they need to worry about, and that helps them feel important and seen.

Be aware, this is passing of a bill, there’s still work that needs to be done before it is law. But it is amazing steps in the right direction.

Thank you .mcdonald.snp for your work on this.

Has your baby recently revived neonatal care or are they currently receiving neonatal care?

If so, we would like to hear your feedback.

To leave feedback comment, message the page or email us at [email protected]

Thank you

Please share with relevant networks.
We know that babies and families might have a different experience of neonatal care depending on their family income, the place they live, their ethnicity, disability or impairment and other personal circumstances.
Bliss, a charity for babies born premature or sick, is working with the Maternity Consortium led by Sands, the stillbirth & neonatal death charity and Tommy's to understand what areas of neonatal care could be made better and fairer. If your baby or babies have spent any time in neonatal care, or you are a healthcare professional who works with babies and families we'd love for you to take part in our survey. https://forms.office.com/r/WHPuj9aPj1

In a huge step forward, the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill was introduced to Parliament last week. But this is just the first step of many for parents with a vulnerable baby to have extra paid time off work. We need at least 100 MPs to go and support the Bill through its next stage in July.

Did your baby spend time in neonatal care? Tell your MP what additional leave and pay would have meant to you and ask them to attend the debate about the bill: https://buff.ly/3OeAL9X

Have you had a baby recently who received any neonatal care?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

To leave feedback comment, send us a message or email us at [email protected]

Thank you!

Has your baby received neonatal care in Kent and Medway?

If so, we would like to hear your experience.

To give feedback please comment, message the page or email us at [email protected]

Thank you ❤️

Has your baby recently received neonatal care anywhere in Kent or Medway?

If so, we would like to hear feedback on how it was for you and your family.

To leave feedback please comment, message the page or email us at [email protected]

Did your family receive Neonatal care in Kent, Surrey and Sussex? Kent Surrey and Sussex Neonatal ODN are looking for people to join their Parent Advisory Group and need YOUR voices!
See below and for more information or to express an interest, follow the link below

https://forms.office.com/r/Mn5ctsHCtE

Volunteers needed to improve maternity services.

If you think you could help please comment, message the page or email us at [email protected]

Have you had a baby that has received neonatal care recently? Or is your baby currently receiving neonatal care?

If so, your feedback would really help us.

To leave feedback please comment, message the page or email us at [email protected]

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Adam Webb and family have kindly shared their story.

http://oliverfishercharity.com/stories/

We know parents can carry the experience of having a premature or sick baby for a long time. Sometimes memories come back in surprising ways such as smells of a soap used on the unit, or a familiar bleep of a machine. Memories can also be triggered by due dates, birthdays and anniversaries. We are here if you need to talk [email protected]

Today is World Prematurity Day.
Sending love to all of the little heroes born too soon and their parents.

Today is World Prematurity Day and Bliss wants more families to know they’re not alone 💙

We’re asking everyone who has been touched by a neonatal experience to share your neonatal story and raise awareness of what it means to have a baby or babies in neonatal care.

Together, in partnership with WaterWipes we are celebrating the hurdles overcome by babies in neonatal care every day through our free baby milestone cards.

What is World Prematurity Day? | Bliss Find out what World Prematurity Day is, and how Bliss gets involved in the UK and globally.