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Scottish Cot Death Trust
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Yorkhill
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
Tel: 0141 357 3946
Fax: 0141 334 1376
Web: www.sidscotland.org.uk
Best time to telephone: 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
The Scottish Cot Death Trust was formed in 1985 with the following three aims.
- To fund research into the cause(s) of cot death.
- To support bereaved families and ensure provision of breathing monitors for infants born into a family which has suffered a cot death.
- To educate the public and health care professionals about cot death.
The Trust provides information leaflets for professionals and bereaved families as well as contact with a fieldworker. They can also provide a 'befriender', a parent who has suffered a cot death in the past.
The Trust's information leaflets are available free of charge on receipt of an A5 stamped addressed envelope. Titles include the following.
- Information Leaflet for Bereaved Parents
- Information Leaflet for Health Visitors
- Information Leaflet for Family Doctors
- Information Leaflet for Clergy
- Information Leaflet for Funeral Directors
- Information Leaflet for Police Officers
- Information on the Grief of Children
- Information on the Grief of Grandparents
- Facts about Cot Death
- Reduce the Risk of Cot Death
A Newsletter is published twice yearly.
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