⏳ Just 10 days to go until the Jaundice in Darker Skin Tone Babies Study Day. We’re looking forward to insightful conversations and collective action. If you work with newborns and their families, this is a space for you. Let’s keep the momentum going.

🆕 BAPM has published a new Framework for Practice: Management of Neonatal Pain. This guidance supports healthcare professionals recognise, prevent and treat pain in newborns, helping develop local best practice across neonatal services. Read more: https://t.co/OD0IiWNgSg

💯% agree Julia and the difference even a brief kind comment makes is quite astonishing ❤️

#Neonatalinequalitiesconference Nuggets from parents' panel where parents shared their NICU experience... How do we improve your post NICU care? Don't focus on babies alone Offer mothers more support.. Offer support groups! A mother shared her how she created one

Health disparities persist in neonatal outcomes due to cultural misunderstandings and inequalities! Did you know about the concepts of - cultural competence - cultural safety - cultural humility - cultural curiosity? @HelenGbinigie and Cavitha Chapman, took us on a journey

#Neonatalinequalitiesconference Nuggets from parents' panel where parents shared their NICU experience How can neonatal families be more inclusive for black families Include them in care Train staff to be culturally sensitive and competent @HelenGbinigie

#Neonatalinequalitiesconference Nuggets from parents' panel where parents shared their NICU experience... - Involve fathers more in the baby's care. A father shared his experience and said he felt left out. It felt like the focus was on the baby and the mother @HelenGbinigie

Admission temp, or receive breast milk by day 2 of life. Only 1 in 5 preterm babies are receiving complete Perinatal optimisation! We need to commend the South West region on their amazing high rates in perinatal Optimisation! @SarahBates18 shared ingredients for success

Following our influential report on the diagnosis of conditions in babies with diverse skin tones, @ERC_resus this week updated its guidelines for the diagnosis of cyanosis in newborns, specifically stating that colour of skin should not be used to inform diagnoses. 1/3 🧵

Thank you to all who joined our Black History Month event. Together, we explored the powerful legacy of trade unionists in challenging racism and discrimination in the workplace. We met to celebrate champions of social justice and anti-racism in Wales and press this work

Back in 2023 we conducted a major review into medical tests and assessments used on newborns which found that many of these were not fit-for-purpose for Black, Asian and ethnic minority babies. 18-months on, this is what has changed following our work: https://t.co/6lxarkOgdX

We know health inequalities exist. Are you off on the 30th of October and would like to attend a virtual study day sharing and learning about Neonatal health inequalities and how to bring about change? Then register to attend! @HelenGbinigie https://t.co/eLiC4JZkri

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⏳ Just 10 days to go until the Jaundice in Darker Skin Tone Babies Study Day. We’re looking forward to insightful conversations and collective action. If you work with newborns and their families, this is a space for you. Let’s keep the momentum going.

This is a fantastic educational opportunity for all maternity and neonatal healthcare professionals-please share with your doctors midwives and nurses @HelenGbinigie and her team are driving improvement in awareness and knowledge making positive impacts on health inequalities

@HelenGbinigie

Selected from numerous submissions, this presentation highlights the outstanding quality improvement work underway at one of our North West NNUs. Amazing work!

🫶PenARC are so proud to have supported the amazing NOAH project & to see it win the Best Local Project award at the @BAPM_Official Gopi Menon Awards! Well done team! 👶 Read more about the impact of this incredible trial here:

Very proud of our team for this fantastic programme and scooping best overall poster @BAPM_Official conference today!

This year’s winner of the Outstanding Individual award is Helen Gbinigie, Medway Maritime Hospital. Congratulations!