Along with UCLPartners we are pleased to share the new edits of our videos on safer sleep and reducing accidents, which are bite-sized and ideal for families and carers. Find them here: www.ncmd.info/videos/child...

If you couldn't make it to Prague to see @sstoianova.bsky.social and @emilytammam.bsky.social address the 20th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, don't worry - you can now watch the presentation on our website: www.ncmd.info/videos/co-pr...

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Alongside UCL Partners we have developed a set of video resources for professionals that set out the key messages that need to be shared with parents to promote safer sleep and to reduce accidents. Please watch and share to your networks! www.ncmd.info/videos/child...

🌎 International survey on management of periviable infants (22–23 weeks) ✅ 193 responses ✅ 40 countries However, responses from Europe are still limited. If you work in neonatal care in Europe, we would greatly appreciate your participation & sharing. 📅 May 31, 2026

We are so grateful to everyone who chatted to us, pored over our publications and completed our stand experience at #rcpch26! We are already looking forward to next year - so if you have any feedback on our stand, please let us know below 👇 #ncmdatrcpch

We were pleased to meet Rohini Rattihalli at #rcpch26 this afternoon, where she'll be presenting work on epilepsy using the NCMD's unique data. #ncmdatrcpch

Great to see so much analysis based on NCMD's unique data presented at #rcpch26 - including this from Dr David Odd on our work concerning life limiting conditions. #ncmdatrcpch

The NCMD team were glad to catch up with @emmablake4.bsky.social, who so compellingly presented our data in this morning's plenary. #ncmdatrcpch #rcpch26 @sstoianova.bsky.social @karenluyt.bsky.social

Our new briefing on child drowning deaths, published in partnership with @rlssuk.bsky.social, shows that 196 children died by drowning between April 2019 and March 2025. These tragic deaths were preventable. Read the briefing here: www.ncmd.info/publications...

We were delighted to attend Parliament yesterday to share evidence from the database, highlighted in high-profile academic papers, on knife crime and its impact on children and young people. This was a really valuable conversation, but more can be done to save children's lives.

We're pleased this week to have contributed not only to this work from @sharedhealthgm.bsky.social and the @ta-appg.bsky.social, but also to the meeting that they convened in Parliament. We hope these stark figures will prompt positive change for children and families.

A powerful example of system learning: CDOPs, @ncmd.bsky.social NHS England and British National Formulary have strengthened medicine guidance to help reduce co-sleeping risks for babies.

New ACC/AHA Guidelines published today for lipids address measuring Lp(a) and ApoB www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... and gift link summary www.wsj.com/health/welln...

We found big gaps in use of 2 effective, cheap, simple #antenatal treatments to protect #preterm babies. In theory they should be accessible to all mothers, in all resource settings. About 3/4 eligible mothers get them in richer countries, but only about 1/2 in poorer countries bit.ly/40sNIon

🆕 at @naturemedicine.bsky.social How does ChatGPT Health do for appropriately triaging a person as to whether to go to the emergency room or stay home? www.nature.com/articles/s41... Not very well. Under-triaged 52% of case vignettes that are considered gold-standard emergencies

The $100 whole human genome sequence finally reached! www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/19/s...

“Seven schools and a nursery have reported more than 60 suspected cases of measles in an area of north London, and labs have confirmed 34 cases since January 12. Some children have been treated in hospital.” archive.md/2026.02.1...

Today @sstoianova.bsky.social and I went to parliament to join the @rlssuk.bsky.social led APPG on water safety. An excellent meeting using @ncmd.bsky.social data on childhood deaths due to drowning and talking about how we can prevent these tragedies

In our latest academic paper we look at airway, breathing and circulation failure in cases of fatal food anaphylaxis. More:

Do you have an idea for our next in-depth thematic report? We are now accepting proposals - so if there is an issue close to your heart that you believe may be affecting child health in England, then we want to hear from you! More:

New from @vtoxfordnetwork.bsky.social: Evaluation of the Ethiopian Neonatal Network, one of the first low-income country neonatal QI communities, with important improvements in survival. Open access: gh.bmj.com/content/11/1... #neosky

Our latest paper, published in @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social, looks at prehospital care in cases of fatal food anaphylaxis. Building on the data in our thematic report on asthma and anaphylaxis, it provides lessons for #emergencycare: www.ncmd.info/publications... #allergy #allergies

🎄🔔☃️Happy holidays to all our friends and collaborators! 2025 has been a big year for the NCMD, and we are endebted to all the fantastic people we have worked with over that time. We wish you all a restful winter break, and look forward to renewed efforts to improve and save children's lives in 2026.

📢 Join us for the 2026 Perinatal Update Meeting! Hear the latest updates on key topics in neonatal care — including genetics, bilious vomiting, central lines and more. 💻 Online | ⭐ Free for BAPM Members 📅 Booking is now open — don’t miss out! www.bapm.org/events/bapm-...

📢 BAPM Framework Consultation Now Open We’ve published a draft Framework on Central Venous Access Devices in Neonates. Have your say and help shape best practice. www.bapm.org/resources/ce...

Yesterday we joined @nea.org.uk in Parliament ahead of #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay. We were honoured to contribute to their recent campaign by providing insight from our national data, highlighting the devastating impact fuel poverty has on children and families.

We welcome Rachel Reeves MP's announcement of the lift of the two-child benefit cap. This is a much-needed change that will help support vulnerable families and children, and reduce the risk of homelessness for households across the country.

This week, the NCMD team have been at the ACDRP conference. Thank you to the CDR community for the insightful workshops, and to everyone who joined the discussions with such enthusiasm—sharing experiences and ideas. We’re truly inspired by the work being done across the sector.

🌐 Bristol is building the future of AI! A new National AI Data Facility will sit alongside Isambard-AI, the UK’s most powerful supercomputer, creating a ‘British Library’ for the AI age. Read the full story here – www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.” Genes-> Medicine nature.com/articles/s41...

Thankyou so much to the wonderful editors @dustpoetry.bsky.social for selecting my poem on antenatal counselling and prematurity for the very moving Dear World Issue www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tin... #poetsonbluesky #poemsabout

💜 World Prematurity Day Webinar: After the Neonatal Unit 📅 20 Nov ⏰ 1:00–2:30pm Join BAPM & BANNFU for a free webinar exploring the lasting impact of prematurity, supporting families and improving long-term outcomes for children born preterm. 🔗 Register now: www.bapm.org/events/world...

The very latest child mortality data for England - up to March 2025. Social, Ethnic and Geographic Inequities persist.

📊 NEW PUBLICATION: Child Death Review Data Release 2025 shows 3,492 child deaths in England. This report summarises child deaths in England up to 31 March 2025. Read in full:👉 Child death data release 2025 | National Child Mortality Database #NCMD #ChildHealth

🚨New NCMD briefing out now: Deaths of Children due to Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV). It shares national findings, key learning & Bella’s Story — helping prevent future deaths through improved awareness & care. 🔗Read: www.ncmd.info/publications... #ChildHealth #NCMD #NeonatalCare

We’re proud that NCMD data has contributed to @POST_UK’s new Winter Mortality POSTnote. It explores causes, trends & interventions to reduce winter deaths. Read more 👉 post.parliament.uk/research-bri... #NCMD #WinterMortality #ChildHealth

📝 New blog: Listening to maternity clinicians – shaping safety communications that work How do we create messages that resonate with frontline staff and improve care? Read more 👉 www.ncmd.info/blog/listeni...

We would like to thank Child Death Overview Panels for reviewing all child deaths and submitting these comprehensive data to the @NCMD.bsky.social for analysis and dissemination.

French cohort study of more than half a million infants finds rate of major congenital malformations was 176.6 per 10k infants exposed to first-trimester COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, compared with 179.4 per 10k infants NOT exposed to the vaccines. 🛟 😷🧪 Medsky

A new world record for ultra rapid whole genome sequencing and interpretation for critically ill individuals less than 4hrs! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

@vtoxfordnetwork.bsky.social with the African Neonatal Network and P-95, and an investment from the Gates Foundation, has launched the Surfactant Administered via Supraglottic airway versus InSurE (SASI) Trial in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria. To read more, please visit bit.ly/4gUIDN1 #neosky

Trailblazer. Remember watching the documentary films as a child. RIP Dr Goodall.

This is interesting — in a paper out today, researchers created an alternate history to estimate what Trump's desired cuts to NIH would look like. Of 557 drugs approved 2000-2023, *more than half* are at least partially linked to NIH research that would have not happened under a 40% reduction.