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BDF Newlife
BDF Centre
Hemlock Business Park
Hemlock Way
Cannock
Staffs
WS11 7GF
Tel (Helpline): 08700 70 70 20
Tel (Admin): 01543 462777
Fax: 01543 468999
Web: www.bdfnewlife.co.uk
Best time to telephone: 9.30am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
BDF Newlife (formerly The Birth Defects Foundation) is a registered charity which aims to improve child health in the UK by funding and promoting basic medical research into birth defects of all kinds. It also offers support in the following ways:
- It recognises the specific needs of those families affected and offers a national telephone helpline (number above) which offers support, comfort, related information and referral to a specific support group if relevant. The service is free, independent and confidential and manned by nurses and midwives.
- It publishes a booklet, What Next? specially prepared for families awaiting the outcome of tests or recently receiving a birth defects diagnosis. This is available to families free via the helpline or to professionals for a small donation. The booklet is designed to help parents work through questions to try to make sense of their situation and find a way forward. Simple and clear themes are used throughout the booklet and much of the information is based on the real experiences of other families who have also faced this situation.
- It has a special relationship with Noonan Syndrome and offers information, support, events and a booklet on the syndrome.
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