Nadia Leake
@survivingpreemi
Family Integrated Care 24/7. Author of “Surviving Prematurity”. PhD candidate Newcastle, researching FICare implementation in the NICU. Lover of truth ❤️🦋 🌈
A unique view on how/why #ficare made all the difference to our 20 weeks on the NICU, what worked, and what didn’t. I’m eternally grateful to everyone who contributed..amazon.co.uk/dp/1099622735/… @Liz_McKechnie @carolinemdavey @NeoResearch_Net @kread85 @HelenSmith357 @pinder_claire
The House of Lords preterm birth report was debated at parliament last week. Issues parents face were discussed with Family Integrated Care at the heart of the solution. Parental accommodation, facilities, workforce shortages and cot spaces were debated: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/35…
Facilitators and barriers to the practice of FICare from the view of HCPs, a systematic review. Co-authors @NeoResearch_Net, @sarahkedney @JudithRankin3 and Janet Berrington. TY. Now published. fn.bmj.com/content/early/… @Liz_McKechnie @BAPM_Official @NNAUK1 @HLPretermBirth
Thank you @mancini_smith for trusting me to chair this wonderful, packed program conference today 200 people in the room @ChelseaFC & 400 on line shows importance of neonatal palliative care for staff, parents & families & loved meeting Nadia @survivingpreemi & hearing her speak
Dear Profs/supervisors, do you recall a particularly stunning PhD thesis? What was so good about it? Gearing up to write 🙏 @SarahESeaton @eleanor_mitch @mkrettiwt @ccroehr @DrCGale @DrDonSharkey @dinimawela @phdvoice @SueReviews @WriteThatPhD @DrMCampbellYeo @SarahFitchett2
1st attempt at a Twitter video! This is for UK health professionals working perinatally - ie fertility, pregnancy, birth & babies in the 1st year after birth. It's about an amazing project gathering unanswered questions for LGBTQIA+ families. Survey link: bit.ly/3Bev2zp
If you are thinking about your career progression in neonates take a look at the interactive career framework that the NNA have produced…🩷 #CareerDevelopment #neonatalcareers
Our Interactive Career Framework is live! Click her to explore: buff.ly/4fK4LIa Thank you to everyone who contributed! Please share with your colleagues or download the poster from our resources page for your unit: buff.ly/4cms0G7 #InteractiveCareerFramework
How does timing of neonatal discharge for very preterm babies (e.g. season) affect chances of subsequent PICU admission? Our paper in @JAMA_current Network Open explores this using national data @TIMMSleicester @SarahESeaton @DrCGale @DrCBattersby jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
After yesterday's excellent @HLPretermBirth report highlighting need for action to prevent & reduce impact of preterm birth, sobering new data shows infant mortality has risen for 3rd year in England, with persistent socio-economic & ethnic disparities theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…
‘It’s the things that make you a family that were taken away’ As a new report is published by the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee, Nadia Leake told @itsanitarani why why she thinks a focus on the needs of parents and families with preterm babies is so important.
Catch up on our interview discussing the @HLPretermBirth committee report in @BBCWomansHour this morning. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… The full report: committees.parliament.uk/committee/701/…
Delighted to join #BaronessWyld and @survivingpreemi on @BBCWomansHour to discuss @HLPretermBirth report out today - including importance of accommodation for parents to support them to be with their babies in neonatal care @Blisscharity
Incredibly proud of @semraworrall who passionately led on the evidence we (incl. @drfallonzi, @ChristiansenLiv, & @ProfAsmaKhalil) submitted to the @HLPretermBirth Report Amazing for her PhD work to be included in this important report! @LivUni @LivUniHLS @LivUniIPH @LivUniPsyc
We also heard from the founder of @_SmallestThings on the importance of support for families when they return home. Plus, hear more from Lord Patel on issues around the implementation of guidelines and follow up assessments. 📄 Read full report publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldse…
Interesting stat today shared by @_SmallestThings at the #neonatalAHP conference. 2 children in every class will have been born prematurely.Are schools #premaware in your area? #SLTs...Do you know how prematurity can impact speech&language development?
Action needed to reduce the incidence and impact of preterm birth, says @HLPretermBirth in new report. 🔽 Hear more from Lord Patel, chair and retired professor of obstetrics, and witnesses @survivingpreemi and Francesca Segal. 📄 See highlights: ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/preterm-birth-…
Delighted to join #BaronessWyld and @survivingpreemi on @BBCWomansHour to discuss @HLPretermBirth report out today - including importance of accommodation for parents to support them to be with their babies in neonatal care @Blisscharity
The House of Lords preterm birth report will be discussed on Woman’s Hour on BBC radio 4 at some point between 10 and 11am tomorrow. Tune in to hear our thoughts on the recommendations. @survivingpreemi @carolinemdavey
🚨 Tomorrow we will be publishing our final report. Follow here for updates! Thank you to all those who shared their views with the committee. You can find out more about the evidence we received here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/701/…
Here's the first bit of a video of parents presenting (in full!) on the ward round, @ConnectExeter . @NNAP_RCPCH @RCPCH_and_Us @Blisscharity @NWNeonatalODN @jacquimorgan71 @cath_mcclenn @NeomatesW @NeomatesOrm
Well done to @survivingpreemi your work can only help to embed FiCare in to neonatal units 🤩
The new @mbrrace report is out today. The report reveals ongoing maternal health disparities in the UK. Black women are three times more likely to die in pregnancy or shortly after.