Hello
Just a quick one to share a campaign by Bliss (which supports parents of babies born premature or sick in the UK to give them the best chance of survival and quality of life) for neonatal parental leave. The Government had previously committed to this in 2020 but it's yet to come into force. Here's more from Bliss:
"We need your support for the parents of over 90,000 babies born premature or sick every year.
For parents, the experience can be life changing and traumatic. Instead of taking their baby or babies home shortly after birth, they spend days, weeks or even months in hospital.
The lack of extra maternity and paternity leave means that many parents return to work while their babies are in hospital or before they are ready. Others get into debt to take time off work without pay.
Please help by writing to your MP and asking them to pledge support to introduce neonatal leave and pay."
If you'd like to support this, the link to email your MP is here.
Thanks!
MNHQ