Very proud of our team for winning this amazing scholarship from Neonatal Nurses Association (NNA). Well done Claire Campbell, Sue Thompson 💙, Ailie Hodgson & Dr C (Rachel) 💙. We look forward to following/supporting your work and the changes/positive benefits it will bring!

Alex Mancini (Smith)💙 Sue Thompson 💙 Ailie Hodgson Lisa Leppard andreafirth11 Nadia Leake NNN Bliss Baby Charity Ernie L We now have an official National Neonatal Care Coordinator Group . Established May 2021 ,growing ,sharing and influencing positive change 🙏💃

V happy to still be part of the #RVI developmental care study day as Care Coordinator, being part of the change ensuring the main focus is #FICare empowering Parents, ensuring #KangarooCare , promoting #sensory & neuro-development #unicefbabyfriendlyinitiative #educatedworkforce

Excellent to meet all the brilliant Neonatal Care Coordinators in these brand new posts. Sharing ideas, insights, the importance of self care, laying solid foundations, scoping, listening to parents and staff and observing! #findingyourfeet #earlydays #overwhelmed

Another fantastic conference promoting the Delivery Room Cuddle with Paul Clarke Paul Cawley Leo’s so honoured and privileged to be involved with this amazing work #drc #deliveryroomcuddle

Delivery room cuddles are so important as Leo’s says “they have the power to change the trajectory of someone’s grief” Amazing video from Emma allen and always brilliant to hear Paul Clarke talk about making #deliveryroomcuddles in #NICU standard practice 💛

End of an amazing 2nd week as NNN care coordinator.
Meeting, listening to and supporting amazing staff across neonatal units in our region. Also making great relationships with maternity services Claire Campbell Ailie Hodgson Lynne Paterson Nadia Leake Kathryn Hardy

Week 3 as a neonatal care coordinator NNN
Making amazing plans ,meeting so many wonderful people doing brilliant things often with very little resources other than compassion and dedication and a passion to strive for better things for babies and families ... amazing

We are delighted to welcome our Care Coordinator team; Claire, Sue & Ailie, who will be implementing our programme for improving the support/facilities for parents & families across the region & our plans to embed FiCare in our Neonatal Units & achieve UNICEF/Bliss Accreditation!

Thank you so so much to Boris Johnson Cabinet Office for recognising the work of the Leo’s Nurture Project in the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact this has made on neonatal families in the North East! We’re now Points of Light award winners!!!!

Looking for a clinical psychologist local to the North East (or further afield if you’re happy to conduct everything via Zoom!) with an interest in trauma, if any of our lovely followers are one, or know one, please email us on [email protected]

Excellent news! Well done and thoroughly deserved Inga! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas from all at the Northern Neonatal Network & gratefully thinking of all our dedicated staff working over the festive period caring for sick & premature babies across the region. Thank you all for your care & support to the babies' families!

Delighted to announce that we have recruited our Care Coordinator team! We look forward to Ailie Hodgson @ClaireC51178794 & Sue Thompson 💙 taking up their posts in the new year and working to improve support for families throughout our Network, helping us to deliver the #NCCR

NNN #AHP network meeting today. Great hearing about all the work regional #physio #SLT #OT are doing in #neonates & Tiny Lives Trust funded projects Leo’s #nurture project. Also challenges Covid has brought to families as well as funding/time issues

The Network is now looking to recruit 3 Care Coordinators to help us deliver the national Neonatal Critical Care Review (NCCR) recommendations, particularly improving the experience of parents & families as envisaged by the NHS Long Term Plan. Interested? jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916…

Great article - 'Chris Hoy and wife Sarra discuss their son Callum's premature birth'...
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Today is #WorldPrematurityDay

15 million babies are born each year before 37 weeks of pregnancy.

A better understanding about the impact of prematurity will help many. It’s important to create a dialogue about this so women, families, friends and strangers alike know.
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On this annual #worldprematurityday we just pause to say thank you to all our dedicated staff across all our neonatal units and beyond caring for sick and premature babies and supporting parents and families on their journeys which can be challenging, especially during COVID 19.

Wonderful to see so many representatives from NNN on the #NBO training this morning Jemma Bell @Chikipepr Clare Maclennan Ailie Hodgson Sally 💙South Tees NHS Speech Therapy Tiny Lives Trust