Calls for 'urgent action' on baby-sleep industry after BBC investigation
Summary
A BBC investigation revealed that some baby-sleep experts give unsafe advice that goes against NHS safety rules. A charity and a UK MP have asked the health secretary to regulate the baby-sleep industry to protect infants and ensure only qualified people offer advice.Key Facts
- The Lullaby Trust charity and MP Tom Morrison wrote to Health Secretary Wes Streeting calling for urgent regulation of the baby-sleep industry.
- The BBC undercover report showed some self-called sleep experts giving advice that conflicts with official NHS safe sleep guidelines.
- The Department for Health and Social Care plans to restrict who can use the title "maternity nurse" to stop unqualified people from giving sleep advice.
- An inquest found that a baby died after being put to sleep on their stomach by someone calling herself a maternity nurse.
- Currently, there is no formal oversight or rules for people calling themselves baby-sleep consultants.
- Unsafe advice can put babies at risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
- The family of the deceased baby wants all infant care workers to have mandatory training and follow national safe sleep rules.
- NHS staff felt shocked after seeing the unsafe advice exposed by the BBC.
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