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niversity Hospital Coventry houses the regional centre for neonatal care serving Coventry and Warwickshire, Leicester, Northampton, Kettering and Burton. We care for more than 550 babies a year, from the smallest and sickest premature babies of 23-24 weeks to full term newborn babies.
The centre includes an intensive care, high dependency care and specialist care unit and offers family centred care, encouraging parents to hold, read and feed their babies etc. As babies can be with us for several months, the centre offers parents and siblings a small family area with a lounge, play area, kitchen and two rooms for overnight accommodation. In 2013 we opened a Transitional Care Nursery on a
Useful Numbers
Allergy Advice
www.allergyuk.org
Breastfeeding Support NHS Helpline 0300 100 0212
British Red Cross - First Aid Training
www.redcrossfirstaidtraining.co.uk
Coventry Family Information Service
www.coventryparent.co.uk 024 7683 4373
Coventry Libraries - Bookstart
www.coventry.gov.uk 024 7683 2314
Coventry Register Office
www.coventry.gov.uk 024 7683 3141
George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton
www.geh.nhs.uk 024 7635 1351
Meningitis Now - Advice on symptoms of Meningitis
www.meningitisnow.org 0808 8010 388
postnatal ward to look after babies who have minor problems so that they can remain with their mothers.
The team work tirelessly to provide the best possible care and to give babies the best start in life. They also ensure that, despite this being a very anxious time, families have special memories by celebrating baby’s 100 day, their first Christmas, mother’s or father’s day.
We are incredibly grateful for the fundraising and donations given to support this care. Thank you. If you would like to support the Neonatal Unit please contact:
Adela Shephard on 02476 966913 or email:
uhcwcharity@uhcw.nhs.uk
NHS Direct Helpline
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk 0845 4647
NHS 111 Service
www.nhs.uk/111 Dial: 111
NSPCC Helpline 0808 800 5000
Nuneaton Libraries - Bookstart
www.warwickshire.gov.uk 0300 555 8171
Nuneaton Registration Office
www.warwickshire.gov.uk 0300 555 0255
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) - Advice on accident prevention
www.rospa.com 0121 248 2000
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University Hospital, Coventry
www.uhcw.nhs.uk 024 7696 400
Warwickshire Children’s Centres
www.warwickshire.gov.uk 01926 742 231
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