Latest news from Maternity and Neonatal

Sophina Smith
Mum of premature baby thanks Neonatal team who empowered her to care for daughter with NG tube feeding training

When Neonatal baby, Sophina, was born prematurely, weighing just 730 grams, she had to stay in intensive care and needed additional care from specialist neonatal teams. To support her mum Antonia to c...

Lucy Miles
Mum who discovered she had cancerous cyst while pregnant with twins reunites with doctors to thank them for saving her life

A mum who was carrying twins when doctors discovered a cancerous cyst is being reunited with the NHS staff who found the cancer and helped deliver her 'miracle' boys safely, and said their expertise, ...

Maternity triage
We have improved the way we triage women and birthing people during pregnancy: this is what you need to know   

Women and birthing people who require urgent or emergency support during pregnancy will now be assessed and triaged using a best practice tool to improve patient safety and experience. ...

Laura Knighton and baby Kleo
Meet Baby Kleo - the first baby to be born when UHDB's home birth service reopened in October

Following additional recruitment and training to our midwifery team we were able to reinstate a safe and sustainable home birth service across Derbyshire and Staffordshire which this month, four famil...