One-to-one NHS care for newbornspublished Sat, Sep 26 2009 18:05 GMT
Report to call for babies to have individual nurses, despite staff shortages in neonatal unitsCritically ill newborn babies will get constant one-to-one care from their own specialist nurse under a new government action plan to improve the treatment they receive.The move will benefit the 19,000 babies every year who need intensive care and whose lives may be at risk because they were born prematurely, have a rare condition or suffered complications at birth.The final report of a government taskforce inquiry into neonatal care in England, due within weeks, will specify that all such newborns must always be looked after by their own nurse in order to maximise their chances of recovery. It was set up after the National Audit Office ...
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