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Neonatal services ‘overstretched’ forcing long-distance transfers

Scotland’s deficiencies in neonatal services force more than 1,500 newborns a year to be transferred long distances.
The U.K. baby charity Bliss released a Scottish briefing last night during a reception at the Scottish Parliament, detailing the “inappropriate” transfer of more than 1,500 newborns each year.
The group called on parliament to better fund The Scottish Neonatal [...]

Scottish children’s agency highlights legacy of drinking while pregnant

The agency Children in Scotland strives to highlight how thousands of the country’s children are affected by women who binge drink while pregnant.
The agency Children in Scotland has made the conservative estimate that at least 900 children in the country suffer direct, debilitating consequences of their mother having drunk heavily during the first three months [...]

Scottish mother wins international prize for baby language program

A Scottish mother has won an international prize for developing a language program for young children.
Fiona Moffatt, a Scottish modern languages teacher, wanted her newborn son Ruairi to be exposed to a foreign language at an early age.
Her search for young learner programs hit a dead end, however, prompting Moffatt, to start her own set [...]

Webcam viewer aids Scottish wildlife park with birth of baby rhino

A webcam viewer in Cyprus alerted staff at a Scottish wildlife park that their white rhino was about to give birth.
Last December, a southern white rhino named Dot was set to give birth at the Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling, Scotland. Excited, the staff set up a webcam to record the birthing process, which [...]

New morning-after pill effective up to 5 days after

A new morning-after pill has been shown to be effective at stopping a woman from getting pregnant up to 5 days after unprotected sex.
Research out of the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian in Scotland compared the effectiveness of commonly available morning-after pill levonorgestrel with a new form, ulipristal acetate.
The research, published in the medical [...]

Scotland’s historic Queen Mother’s maternity hospital closes after 46 years

Scotland said goodbye yesterday to its Queen Mother’s Hospital, one of Europe’s most modern when it opened 46 years ago.
On January 11, 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland, the Queen Mother’s Hospital opened its doors. A day later, the hospital’s first baby, James Wright, was born into the world to parents June and Nicholas. Yesterday, Wright visited [...]

Negotiations break down in swine flu jab program for children under five

Negotiations between the government and general practitioners have broken down regarding a proposed plan to vaccinate children under five for the swine flu.
Children between six months and five years of age in Ireland, Scotland, the U.K., and Wales were expected to be able to receive the swine flu jab beginning in mid-December.
However, due to discrepancies [...]

Parents of ill or premature newborn babies needed for new research

Parents of ill or premature babies in and around the Aberdeenshire or Dundee areas of Scotland are needed for a new research program.
Researchers out of the University of Aberdeen are looking for volunteers to test a new computer system called BabyTalk. The system has been designed to give parents of critically ill newborns textual information [...]

Swine flu vaccine to become available to children under five

The swine flu vaccine will be made available to children from six months to five years of age across the UK.
The Scottish Government has announced today an extension of the UK-wide swine flu policy that will offer the vaccine to healthy children between the ages of six months to five years. A similar announcement is [...]

Call made for more funding for Welsh premature care

Calls are being made for more investment in Welsh neonatal and premature care by charity Bliss.
U.K. charity Bliss, marking their 30th anniversary, published a report today indicating that Wales’ ability to care for sick and premature babies has been less than adequate for over 30 years, with today’s staff being pushed to the limit.
Rising birthrates [...]

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