Two social workers involved in the Baby Peter case have admitted failing to follow procedures to protect him in the months before his death. Maria Ward and Gillian Christou accept they did not keep adequate records in the case, a General Social Care Council (GSCC) conduct committee heard....

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Babies born before 24 weeks are spending longer periods in intensive care but their overall survival rates have not improved, a study has found. Newcastle doctors say while more babies over 24 weeks do now live, the longer-term rates for infants just a week younger are static. About 20% of...

Methadone prescribed to pregnant women may be causing sight problems for their babies, a study in Glasgow has found. The small-scale study showed 95% of the children investigated had poor eyesight, while a quarter also had significant developmental problems. But the report in the British...

A newborn baby has become the first in the world to receive xenon gas treatment, pioneered in Bristol in a bid to prevent brain injury. Riley Joyce had no pulse and was not breathing when he was first delivered by emergency Caesarean section at the Royal United Hospital, Bath. He had a 50:50...