You might be able to claim extra benefits if you have a child, such as Child Benefit or Universal Credit.

And there’s government approved schemes to help you pay for childcare.

Check what you’re entitled to ⤵️
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Mum Leah contacted us to say "Arlo is 1! He was born at 32+4, and spent 2 weeks in NICU. xx" Happy birthday Arlo, from all of us 😍

Did your baby spend time in our Neonatal or Transitional Care units? We’d love to see photos of your babies and children in their Christmas jumpers, hats and outfits!
Please share them below, so we can make a Christmas video!
Closing date for inclusion in the video is 18th December!

Did your baby spend time in our Neonatal or Transitional Care units? We’d love to see photos of your babies and children in their Christmas jumpers, hats and outfits!
Please share them below, so we can make a Christmas video!
Closing date for inclusion in the video is 18th December!

Did your baby spend time in our Neonatal or Transitional Care units? We’d love to see photos of your babies and children in their Christmas jumpers, hats and outfits!
Please share them below, so we can make a Christmas video!
Closing date for inclusion in the video is 18th December!

Did your baby spend time in our Neonatal or Transitional Care units? We’d love to see photos of your babies and children in their Christmas jumpers, hats and outfits!
Please share them below, so we can make a Christmas video!
Closing date for inclusion in the video is 18th December!

Mum, Donna, told us:
“Our triplets, Nancy, Lola and Marley are one!
We spent 2 weeks on NICU.
They were born at 34 weeks, weighing 3.5, 4.5 and 5.5 lb.
We are thankful for the help and support we received from all of the staff.”
Happy birthday, from everyone on Worcestershire Neonatal Unit🎁

Tickets for our prize draw will be available from 20th October 2025 and at our World Prematurity Day event at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital on 17th November - watch the video to see all of the amazing prizes that we have for you to win!

Our Thank You Thursday goes to our intrepid hikers who climbed Snowdon on Friday night to watch the sunrise Saturday am! Unfortunately the weather was horrendous - rain, gale force wind, mist but they didn't stop, raising £13052 for our unit. Video here
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Baby massage is very popular at our Little Stars meetup events! Emma and Michelle showed parents how to do baby massage, and we had 8 babies/toddlers attend. Next event 2nd July, details to follow!

We won 2nd place! The West Midlands Perinatal Network hold an annual Shared Learning, Shared Excellence Event, we presented our One Paper Towel Challenge and won a lovely hamper full of goodies! Here is a video of our presentation. We'd love you to take the challenge! 😀

Mother and her newborn baby both on life support brought together to share first skin-to-skin contact at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, thanks to fantastic teamwork between Neonatal and ICU staff. www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/mother-and-n...
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We love getting comments like this! These comments were made by parents via our Neonatal Services "Star of the Month" award system. 👏

We do a lot of improvement work on our Neonatal Unit, constantly looking for ways we can improve. We have recently introduced environmental missions - this is the first one - the One Paper Towel Challenge! If you would like a copy of the poster, with our name on, please ask, we're happy to share!

Hello! We are Worcestershire Neonatal Services - Neonatal unit, Transitional Care unit and Outreach team, based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester, UK. We'd love to connect with anyone interested in neonatal care, or former parents/patients of ours! We'll post lots of lovely stories here🥰