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Call to improve sick baby units
(BBC 04/11/2009)
Specialist baby care was heavily criticised by the National Audit Office two years ago. Ministers have now responded by demanding one-on-one nursing care for the most ill babies as well as better transport services between hospitals. But campaigners and doctors have voiced their concerns, because there is no new money for the service. Nearly 70,000 babies are year are treated in neonatal units - the equivalent to one in 10 births.
Triplet's 70-mile trip highlights problems of provision
(The Scotsman 16/05/2009)
THE problems surrounding neonatal care in Scotland were highlighted last month with the case of a newborn who was taken from his mother and transferred to another city.
Better care to be delivered to at-risk babies
(The Scotsman 16/05/2009)
A SWEEPING review of Scotland's specialist infant care units was announced yesterday by the Scottish government.
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