Neonatal unit guidance
Implementing the standards
This resource provides in-depth guidance on the Baby Friendly neonatal standards and how to achieve Baby Friendly accreditation.
Free to download and print, and with a foreword by Martin Ward Platt (consultant paediatrician, neonatal medicine), this comprehensive document provides a roadmap for the journey towards accreditation, as well as tips, ideas and case studies. It is intended to be read alongside our accreditation pages and the Baby Friendly Initiative guide to the standards, both of which explain the assessment process in detail.
The neonatal guidance document is just one of the resources available to support neonatal units. Here is the full list:
- A workbook for neonatal nurses: available to purchase in hard copy, this workbook accompanies the following Baby Friendly course
- Embedding Baby Friendly Standards in Neonatal Care, a 2-day course for neonatal staff
- You and Your Baby leaflet for parents which is available to download or for purchase as a printed copy
- Infosheet on implementing Baby Friendly as a joint project
- Case studies
- Royal Devon & Exeter’s neonatal unit was the first to achieve Baby Friendly accreditation: find out how they’ve transformed their care for families.
- Bradford’s neonatal unit was the first level 3 neonatal unit (caring for babies with the most complex health needs) to achieve accreditation: read about their journey and the value of putting parents at the heart of care.