Bliss - the Special Care Baby Charity

2nd Floor
9 Holyrood Street
London Bridge
SE1 2EL

Tel (Family Support Helpline): 0500 618 140
Tel (Office): 0207 378 1122
Web: www.bliss.org.uk
Best time to telephone: Family Support Line: 10am - 10pm Monday - Friday, 10am - 1pm Saturday.

Bliss provides support and information for parents who have - or have had - a baby in special care. Around one in ten of all babies born in this country need some kind of special care at birth. To ensure the best chance of healthy survival, sick babies are dependent on having access to the most up-to-date care and facilities available. Bliss is also committed to the training and support of neonatal nurses and midwives and to funding research on the future care of sick babies.

Bliss supports families affected by the birth of a 'special care baby'. Parents are faced with a seriously ill baby fighting for life in a neonatal special care baby unit. Babies may stay in hospital for many weeks or months. Other babies are discharged after only a short stay, but they have still been separated from their parents after birth. It may take the parents some time to adjust to the baby when he or she comes home. Bliss can help in the following ways:

• Information - a range of leaflets and information sheets covering many subjects of interest to parents of special care babies, and a resource list.
• A special helpline for those affected by the birth of a 'special care baby' (details above).
• Bliss branches for parents to provide support to each other and sometimes fundraise.
• Parental message board covering a variety of different subjects.