Sign our open letter

We’re calling on the Health and Social Care Secretary to make urgent changes to support the mental health of neonatal families. Will you join our growing list of supporters and add your signature?

Signed by our charity and professional supporters:

Twins Trust 

Ickle Pickles 

First Touch 

Ei SMART 

Leo’s

Isla’s Journey 

Spoons Neonatal Family Support

Miracle Moon

NeoLeaP - Neonatal Leads for Psychological Practice

Footprints Baby Loss

Tiny Lives

Dr Ellie Atkins  Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Neonatal Care

Dr Karen Barr  Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Neonatal Care

Kelly Blakeney  CEO, Tiny Lives

Dr Ruth Butterworth  Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Neonatal Care

Dr Angharad Care Obstetrician and Academic Clinical Lecturer

Dr Rebecca Chilvers  Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Neonatal Care

Dr Jacinta Cordwell  Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Neonatal Care

Dr Anita D’Urso  Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Neonatal Care

Sharon Darke  CEO, Footprints Baby Loss

Ceri Eagling  Neonatal Physiotherapist

Katy Fox  Neonatal Occupational Therapist

Dr Frankie Harrison  Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Dr Siobhan Higgins  Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Neonatal Care

Emily Hills  Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Betty Hutchon  Honorary Consultant Neurodevelopmental Occupational Therapist

Lauren Ingledow  Co-founder - The Adult Preemie Advocacy Network 

Rachel Jackson  Retired Neonatal Nurse

Emma Johnston  Parents & Family Engagement Lead, Thames Valley and Wessex Operational Delivery Network

Lottie King CEO, Leo’s

Shauna  Leven  CEO, Twins Trust

Natalie Madden  Neonatal Speech and Language Therapist, East Midlands Operational Delivery Network

Dr Angela Marsh  Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Neonatal Care

Rachael Marsh  Founder, Ickle Pickles

Kirsten Mitchell  Founder,  Spoons

Dr Katie Sabin  EXPAND (Exploring Parental Emotional Support Needs After NICU Discharge) Study Lead

Nicola Scott  School Nurse

Ashley Simons  Founder, Isla’s Journey

Victoria Walsh  Parent Engagement Lead, North West Neonatal Operational Delivery Network

Dr Inga Warren CBE  Senior NIDCAP Trainer, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Julia Wing  Neonatal Nursery Nurse

Signed by our supporters:

Kirsty Abbas, Joanne, Adams, Taj Ahmed, Komal Ali, Mohammad Ali, Uzma Ali, Emily Alleyne, Annie Aloysius, Fiona Angove, Elizabeth Anstead, Eric Anstead, Carrie Appleton, Catherine Arbuckle, Bethany Armitage, Rosemarie Ashford, Honey Attridge, Amrita Aurora, Bushara Awan, Ellis Azadin, Hannah Bailey, Imogen Baird, Sue Baker, Kate Baker-Loveday, Jessica Baldwin, Suzanne Ball, Stuart Ballingall, Danielle Banks, Karis Barber, Emma Barclay, Teri Barden, Charlene Barker, Charlotte Barker, Rebecca Barker, Charlotte Barlow, Emily Baron, Lucja Barr, Amelia Barratt-Moores, Anna Barrett, Fiona Barton, Lisa Batten, Cheryl Battersby, Abi Bayes, Christina Beattie, Estelle Beaumont, Samantha Beckett, Tom Bellhouse, Anna Bennett, Anna Bennetta, Aisling Berry-Gildea, Satah Bevan, Komal Bhatt, Bethany Bilby, Rebecca Bingham, Katrina Bisby, Philippa Black, Sophie Blackburn, Felicity Blade, Anna Blakemore, Steve Blakemore, Kelly Blakeney, Emma Blakey, Erin Blessitt, Laura Blumsom-Kings, Claire Blythe, Lucy Bolt, Laureanna Bond, Kate Booth, Gemma Borkowski, Janet Bostock, Neil Boughton, kerry Bourne, William Bowker, Louise Bowman-Slater, Laura Bowyer, Lisa Boyes, Hayley Boylan, David Boyle, Kim Bracewell, Sinead Bradshaw, Hanna Brameld, Nia Brandom, Grace Breen, Sara Brennsn, Hayley Brett, Maybo Brewster, Laura Bridle, Jane Briggs, Adrian Broad, Tanya Broad, Penny Brown, Jenny Buck, Laura Buck, Kirsten Buckley, Suzanne Burgess, Andrew Burton, Julia Burton, Lara Burton, Erica Bush, Genevieve Buxton, Charlotte Byrom, Gemma Bytheway, Trudi Calland, Stuart Cambridge, Carmel Campbell, Chelsea Capaldi, Christine Capps, andrew carter, Sarah Carter, Beth Cartwright, Anna Caston, Anna Caston, Darren Caswell, Katie Catford, Eve Chaeger, Wendy Chambers, Kathy Chant, Hannah Chapman, Kerrie Charles, Lisa Chastell, Anuja Chatterjee, Natalie Chilinski, Raymond Chim, Umaza Choudhury, Natasha Chrystal, Amy Chu, Kelly Clare, Robert Clare, Jennie Clark, Rose Clarke, Niamh Cleary, Lynette Clements, Emma Close, Jessica Coates, Hayley Coggins, Rafi Cohen, Evie Coleman, Jessica Coles, Jessica Coley, Jennifer Collins, Rachel Collum, Alex Connolly, Vanessa Connolly, Claire Cook, Lucy Cooke, Zoe Corkindale, Eleri Court, Mike Coyne, louise crewe, Nicole Crook, Sharon Curd, Andrew Dale, Charlotte Dale, Tasmin Dale, Sharon Darke, Hazel Darlington, Martyn Davenport, Alexandra Davis, Lauren Dawson, Sammy Dawson, Sarah Dawson-Bowman, Tamsin De La Haye, Denise Dennis, Heather Dennis, Jenna Dennis, Sarah Dennis, Sarah Dennis, Daniella Di rosa, Lorna Dickinson, Lucie Dingle, Christopher Dixon, Richard Dixon, Terri Dixon, Stacey Dobbin, Carly Dobson, Elizabeth Dootson, Tara Drummond, Karen Duffy, Rebecca Duncan, Huma Durrani, Alan Dyson, Ceri Eagling, Rochelle Edmead, Phoebe Edwards, Elen Elias, Harriet Eling, Mary Elkininy, Cara Elkins, Tracey Elks, Claire Emms, Kerry Engelbrecht, Lyndsay Evans, Lynsey Evans, Philippa Evans, Rachel Evans, Emma Fairbrother, Kathryn Faithorn, Jordan Fajemisin-Scott, Alice Farnsworth, Sarah Farrow, Elaine Faulkner, Jane Fenton-Smith, Rachel Ferguson, Marta Fernandes, Emily Fiddy, Stephanie Field, Richard Fincham, Kerry Finn, Laura Fitzpatrick, Clare Flanagan Walker, Lianne Flello, Dean Ford, Sara Fouda, Lisa Frances Hughes, Limara Freeman, Debbie French, Maria Furtado, Navjot Gahir, Natalie Gale-Sides, Erinn Gallagher, Zoe Gardner, Aoife Garvey, Helen Gathercole, Nicola Gautrey, Kirsten Genard, Rachel Gibbon, Caroline Gilg Watson, Fiona Gilmartin, Nyree Gledhill, Kathryn Gleeson, Raffaela Goodby, Beth Goodfellow, Lisa Gordon, Jessica Gordon-Calvert, Hannah Gormley, Katharine Gosling, Hayden Gospel, Hannah Graham, Helen Grant, Emma Green, Maria Green, Rebecca Gregory, Rhiannon Griffin, Dan Grim, Chloé Gronow, Ryan Hailey, Michaela Halfhead, Andrew Hall, Kerry Hamilton, Emma Hampson, Gail Hanna, Sarah Harcourt, Richard Hardcastle, Helena Harjunen, Beth Harley, Beth Harley, Rachael Harper, Rhiannon Harries, Gail Harris, Stephanie Harris, Ben 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