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For latest NCT news, please browse the press releases and statements below. Please feel free to contact us on 0870 770 3238 or email us at press@nct.org.uk for more information.
- 12 Aug 09
- New research released today by the POPPY Project (Parents of Premature babies Project) highlights the importance of family-centred care in UK neonatal units and calls for an updated approach to current practices. The research also identifies effective ways for health professionals to communicate and provide information and support to parents of a premature baby.
- 22 Jul 09
- Cow & Gate have had a complaint against their advertising of follow on milk upheld by the ASA.
- 20 Jul 09
- There has been a great deal of coverage in the media over the past few weeks regarding H1N1 ‘Swine flu’ and its implications for pregnant women. There has also been confusion over what precautions pregnant women are being advised to take. Mary Newburn, Head of Research and Information, NCT, says:
- 13 Jul 09
- Regarding the The Zepherina Veitch Memorial Lecture June 2009: The Challenge of Normality in an Epidural Culture, Mary Newburn, NCT Head of Research and Information said Denis Walsh’s lecture is timely and important.
- 10 Jul 09
- The conference took place at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 27th – 28th June and it was the highlight of the charity’s year with over 300 parents attending. Parents had the opportunity to share in the charity’s successes and help shape the future of the NCT through discussions and debates on issues that are important to parents.
- 10 Jul 09
- Eight outstanding maternity units have won awards from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Maternity (APPGM). A further five units were awarded highly commended. The awards acknowledged the units’ inspiring work in improving local maternity services.
- 09 Jul 09
- Jim Haysom from Crawley, West Sussex is hoping to break a world record for blindfolded beermat flipping while sticking to his new year's resolution to raise money for the NCT
- 08 Jul 09
- New Mother and Baby survey carried out with the NCT reveals that some mums are anxious about reaction to breastfeeding in public.
- 24 Jun 09
- The latest figures from the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report 2007 show improvements in the stillbirth and neonatal death rates in the UK.
- 19 Jun 09
- Father’s Day is a time for celebrating the importance of fathers in our communities and NCT and Maternity Action are using this opportunity to call on Government to implement proposals on parental leave as soon as possible.
