SNICU

Here are all the relevant web links you may need throughout your SNICU journey ❤️

Welcome to SNICU
Musgrove Park Hospital - Musgrove Park Hospital
Musgrove Park Hospital - Musgrove Park Hospital
Musgrove Park Hospital- Map
Musgrove Park Hospital- Map
Your baby's care - measuring standards and improving neonatal care
Your baby's care - measuring standards and improving neonatal care
Tell your story
Tell your story
Badger Notes - Access your healthcare records
Badger Notes - Access your healthcare records

What's on this month?

Somerset Day 11th May 2025
Somerset Day 11th May 2025
Foster Care Fortnight 12th - 25th May 2025
Foster Care Fortnight 12th - 25th May 2025
National Children's Day 11th May 2025
National Children's Day 11th May 2025
ME Awareness Week 11th- 17th May 2025
ME Awareness Week 11th- 17th May 2025
Kangaroo Care Awareness Day: Embrace the Bond with Skin-to-Skin Care 15th May 2025
Kangaroo Care Awareness Day: Embrace the Bond with Skin-to-Skin Care 15th May 2025
World Pre-eclampsia Day 22nd May 2025 - Action on Pre-eclampsia
World Pre-eclampsia Day 22nd May 2025 - Action on Pre-eclampsia

1st week reading on SNICU

About neonatal care
About neonatal care
About your premature baby
About your premature baby
V-create
V-create
Skin-to-skin
Skin-to-skin
Getting Involved
Getting Involved
Naso/oral gastric tube
Naso/oral gastric tube
Track your journey
Track your journey

Medical conditions

Common Neonatal Skin Conditions
Common Neonatal Skin Conditions
Respiratory conditions
Respiratory conditions
Newborn meningitis
Newborn meningitis
Jaundice
Jaundice
Reflux
Reflux
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC)
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC)
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
Sepsis
Sepsis

Routine Screening & Immunisation

Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Newborn screening programmes
Newborn screening programmes
Routine childhood immunisations
Routine childhood immunisations
Hearing screening
Hearing screening
Blood Spot Screening
Blood Spot Screening

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Starter Guide
Breastfeeding Starter Guide
The Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative
The Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative
Hand expressing video
Hand expressing video
Kangaroo care
Kangaroo care
You & your baby
You & your baby
Foreign language resources
Foreign language resources
NEOPEDIA - Global Information Platform for Families of Babies Born Preterm or Sick
NEOPEDIA - Global Information Platform for Families of Babies Born Preterm or Sick

Transfer information

SoNAR Transport Team
SoNAR Transport Team
NICU's in the south west
NICU's in the south west

Support Charities

Home - Aiming to change the lives of women injured during childbirth.
Make Birth Better
The Birth Trauma Association
The Lullaby Trust- Safer Sleeping
The Lullaby Trust- Safer Sleeping
BLISS
BLISS
Twins Trust
Twins Trust
La Leche League - Breast Feeding Support
La Leche League - Breast Feeding Support
ICON- helping people who care for babies to cope with crying
ICON- helping people who care for babies to cope with crying
PANDAS Foundation- Mental Health Peer Support
PANDAS Foundation- Mental Health Peer Support
Tiny But Mighty- Supporting Parents on the Neonatal Unit
Tiny But Mighty- Supporting Parents on the Neonatal Unit
SPOONS- Neonatal Family Support
SPOONS- Neonatal Family Support
PEEPS - Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
PEEPS - Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
TOMMYS
TOMMYS

General Support

Services & support
Services & support
More Support
More Support
Parent information
Parent information
BLISS Podcast
BLISS Podcast
The Dad Pad
The Dad Pad
Baby Basics
Baby Basics
Infant feeding support
Infant feeding support
Common infections
Common infections
‎HANDi App - Help with your child's health
‎HANDi App - Help with your child's health

Emotional Support

MIND
MIND
Mental Health info Card
Mental Health info Card
Talking Therapies
Talking Therapies
Perinatal Mental Health
Perinatal Mental Health

Financial Support

Maternity leave and Pay Rights
Maternity leave and Pay Rights
Neonatal Care Leave and Pay Guidance | Bliss
Neonatal Care Leave and Pay Guidance | Bliss
BLISS Financial Support
BLISS Financial Support

Discharge reading

Going home
Going home
Safer sleep in winter
Safer sleep in winter
BASIS – Baby Sleep Information Source
BASIS – Baby Sleep Information Source
ICON
ICON
The Lullaby Trust
The Lullaby Trust
MIND
MIND
Medicines For Children – We provide practical and reliable advice about giving medicine to your child
Medicines For Children – We provide practical and reliable advice about giving medicine to your child
Going Home on oxygen
Going Home on oxygen
Traveling home
Traveling home
Nappy changing
Nappy changing
Sterilising equipment
Sterilising equipment
Preparing formula milk
Preparing formula milk
The ill baby
The ill baby
The Baby Check App: Is my baby ill?
The Baby Check App: Is my baby ill?
The crying baby
The crying baby
Safety in the home
Safety in the home
Temperature control
Temperature control
Washing & bathing
Washing & bathing
Maternity Voices Partnership
Maternity Voices Partnership
Warning to parents on baby bath seats

Additional support

Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH)
Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH)
Brain haemorrhage (bleeding)
Brain haemorrhage (bleeding)

Bereavement support

SANDS
SANDS
BLISS Bereavement support
BLISS Bereavement support
Towards Tomorrow Together
Towards Tomorrow Together
4Louis
4Louis
Childrens Hospice South West
Childrens Hospice South West
Our Sam Baby Loss Charity - Our Sam
Our Sam Baby Loss Charity - Our Sam

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