Lack of staff and resources blamed for 3 0 0 baby deaths each year ; Demands for action as Health Minister announces pounds 4m neonatal care boost
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AN EXTRA pounds 4m has been devoted to improve neonatal care in Welsh hospitals, it was announced last night.
Details of the extra expenditure were released just hours before a report said a shortage of midwives and under-funded neonatal intensive care services were partly responsible for the deaths of almost 300 babies a year.See the full content of this document
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Lack of staff and resources blamed for 3 0 0 baby deaths each year ; Demands for action as Health Minister announces pounds 4m neonatal care boost
The charity Sands (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Syndrome) will today call for stillbirths and neonatal deaths to be recognised and treated as a major health issue in Wales.
Health Minister Edwina Hart said she will invest an extra pounds 4m to improve neonatal care services over the next two years.She ...See the full content of this document
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