Research shows that premature and sick babies' health is improved when their parents are supported to take the lead in care such as through skin to skin care, breastfeeding and comfort holding.
One of the biggest barriers to families is a lack of overnight accommodation on or near the neonatal unit. As a result, parents across the country are having to cut their time with their baby short so they go home to sleep.
More than a third of all units do not have dedicated accommodation for parents of critically ill babies who live many miles from home, and only five out of 29 neonatal intensive care units have enough accommodation to meet national standards.
Overnight accommodation is not a 'nice to have'. It is an essential part of neonatal services and vital for allowing parents to participate in their baby's care.
When we raised this issue during the last Parliament the Government assured us that £37 million was provided over two years to improve maternity and neonatal units across the country.
But the reality is that only one percent of this investment actually went to neonatal services to improve their facilities for families.