We are delighted to have awarded Bliss Baby Charter accreditation to the following units. All units have embedded a high quality approach to family-centred care following the Bliss Baby Charter principles.
Portsmouth’s Queen Alexandra Hospital
The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Portsmouth’s Queen Alexandra Hospital became only the second unit in the UK to gain accreditation for its family-centred care under the Bliss Baby Charter. This unit runs regular parent group sessions covering a range of topics like, positive touch to increase parent confidence.
Read Portsmouth's final report
Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley Park Hospital became the third unit to gain accreditation for it's family-centred care under the Bliss Baby Charter. They have dedicated, trained staff who offer counselling support and run peer to peer groups to promote the well-being of parents on the unit.
Read Frimley Park Hospital's final report
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
The fourth neonatal unit to receive Bliss Baby Charter accreditation is the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. This unit work extremely hard to remove any barriers between parents and their baby including introducing camp beds so that parents can sleep by their baby.
Read Royal Devon and Exeter's final report
Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Tunbridge Wells Hospital became the fifth neonatal unit in the UK to gain the Bliss Baby Charter accreditation. Their family-centred care features excellent support for parents and siblings including accommodation for parents to stay on site with their baby.
Read Tunbridge Wells Hospital's final report
St Peter's Hospital
St Peter's Hospital is the sixth neonatal unit in the UK to achieve Bliss Baby Charter accreditation. This unit focuses on providing holistic support to parents through the use of a family support coordinator, interpreter and safeguarding lead.
Read St Peter's Hospital's final report
Nottingham City Hospital
Nottingham City were accredited in March 2020. Bliss were particularly impressed by the holistic support offered to families by the family care team.
Read Nottingham City Hospital's final report
Queen's Medical Centre
Accredited alongside Nottingham City Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre fostered the same culture of family centred care as the sister site in Nottingham.
Read Queen's Medical Centre's final report
Barnsley Hospital
Barnsley Hospital became the ninth neonatal unit to be Bliss Baby Charter accredited in March 2020. The unit had excellent examples of developmental care and initiatives to ensure parents were involved in their baby's care as much as possible.
Read Barnsley Hospital's final report
Bliss Baby Charter benefits
Watch a video of staff and parents at Frimley Park talking about the changes the Bliss Baby Charter has made to the neonatal unit below.