A family-centred approach to care brings with it proven benefits to the baby, family and unit staff.
Staff and parents at Frimley Park talk about the benefits and outcomes of using the Bliss Baby Charter in the video below.
Why take part?
Find out why the Bliss Baby Charter can make such a difference to babies, families and health professionals in neonatal units.
Here are just some reasons why the Bliss Baby Charter is so valuable.
Benefits for baby and family
The benefits of the Bliss Baby Charter for babies and families are:
- Improved long-term health outcomes
- Enhanced bonding
- Increased parental confidence
- Reduced stress
- Reduced hospital stay
- Increased breastfeeding rates
- Makes positive memories
Benefits for the unit
The benefits of the Bliss Baby Charter for units are:
- Consistency of practice
- Increased staff morale
- Change possible
- Frees up staff time
- Improves relations with parents
- Professional development opportunities
- Boosts recruitment
- Reduces readmissions
- Enhances unit culture
Our Impact
In 2019-2020, as part of the Bliss Baby Charter:
- 93% of neonatal units in the UK are making improvements in the way they care for babies
- 75% of neonatal units have provided evidence of how they are improving the way they care for babies
- Bliss has given feedback to 77 neonatal units to help them improve the way they care for babies
- In the next year, an estimated 10,000 families in neonatal care will benefit from improved mental health support
- Bliss awarded 5 neonatal units with the Bliss Baby Charter Accreditation
- Bliss recorded over 350 improvements to neonatal practice across 65 different units across the UK.
A few examples of these improvements are:
- Luton and Dunstable appointed a psychotherapist
- Colchester established a Neonatal Post discharge Baby Massage group
- Chelsea and Westminster have 4 new hotel rooms available for parents
- Birmingham Women’s has fingerprint entry for parents
- Free Wi-Fi and free parking at Princess Royal Hayward’s Heath
- Norfolk and Norwich introduced diary communication cards
The most changes taking place on neonatal units were in psychosocial support (almost 60 changes), with units working extremely hard to appropriately support the mental health of both families and their staff.
We really applaud all the amazing hard work units have put in to these improvements and look forward to sharing more of these insights with you in the future.
Are you interested in getting involved with the Baby Charter?
Complete our registration form to find out more and a member of our team will get in touch
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