Exeter Neonatal Unit at RDUH

16/10/2025

A really exciting opportunity to work with Devon Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnerships as a Neonatal Lead .... see below for more details...
https://www.facebook.com/share/1A7QmR2aGT/?mibextid=wwXIfr

We are recruiting a Neonatal Lead for our team.

Are you a good communicator with a passion for listening, the confidence to represent other people’s views, and an interest in maternity and neonatal care? If you’re ready to make a real impact, help us to engage with communities about their maternity and neonatal experiences to drive better care. Find out more and *apply by 5 November 2025*.

Part-time, 24 hours flexible working Monday-Friday, Devon home-based with some travel across the county. 12 months fixed term, with potential for extension in line with our commissioned contract. In return we offer 25 days annual leave pro rata, plus bank holidays, a generous contributory pension scheme, and flexible working practices. Find out more and apply https://evolvingcommunities.co.uk/vacancies/

NHS Devon | Devon Partnership NHS Trust | Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Torbay and South Devon Maternity Services | Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust | University Hospitals Plymouth Maternity Services | University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

01/10/2025

This is a great initiative - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19szMLAxJm/?mibextid=wwXIfr

We're delighted that Tesco and Pampers have partnered to give free nappies to parents of premature babies.

Around 60% of twin pregnancies result in birth before 37 weeks (spontaneous or induced) and around 75% of triplet pregnancies before 35 weeks.

The nappies are available from all Tesco Pharmacies.

22/09/2025

Survey link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/28UK6G/

👶 Have you had a baby around 34 weeks or later?
🏥 Did your baby need extra care after birth from the neonatal team?
⏰ Were they cared for on the postnatal ward or in a neonatal unit for a short period?

💛 If yes then we would love your input 💛
We’re creating a Transitional Care Unit (TC) to support babies who need a little extra help after birth, so they can stay with their parents on the postnatal ward instead of going to the neonatal unit.
If your baby was born around 34 weeks or later and needed extra care, we’d love to hear from you. Please take our short survey and share your experience – your feedback is really important and will help us design the best service for families.

Thank you 🫶

04/09/2025

15/06/2025

💛 To all the dads who have been or who are currently on the neonatal unit, we hope you know how valued, important and incredible you are.

Also thinking of all the other amazing dad,s step-dads, adoptive dads, expecting dads, honorary dads, missing dads, and wishing to be dads today.

🫶

15/05/2025

May 15th is Kangaroo Care Awareness Day, and we're thinking about how we can best help families feel close and connected during their baby's time in the Neonatal or Transitional Care Unit.

Across the South West, units are part of the South West Cuddle Bundle—a project aimed at giving more opportunity for parents to cuddle and feel close to their babies. We want to know if this is helping. So, we would really like to hear from you.

Please take a few minutes to answer some short questions. Your feedback will help us improve care and support for you, your baby and future families.

The survey is private and takes about 10 minutes - thank you!

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=dlg22ethzEunZJFACjBCc45iP4uoR0lBm4wNYxvut4hUQlZWQzNBRFhZMTRLRzhDWkgwRlZCMEhYWC4u

20/04/2025

🐣 Wishing all our neonatal families a Happy Easter 🐣

03/04/2025

This is such amazing news for our families!
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Neonatal Care Leave will apply to parents of babies who are admitted into neonatal care up to 28 days old and who have a continuous stay in hospital of 7 full days or longer.

31/03/2025

We had a lovely day yesterday celebrating Mother’s Day 🌸🌸 NNU families and staff enjoyed afternoon cream teas 🥰

🩷 Happy Mother’s Day to you all 🩷

01/01/2025

✨ What a fantastic start to 2025… 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Mango’s Mobile Cafe came to visit us this morning and served FREE hot drinks and cakes/pastries to all our staff and families on NNU & Bramble Children’s Ward - such a lovely treat for everyone! A big thank you to MANGO’S ☕️

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year from Exeter Neonatal Unit 🥳 May this year bring you happiness, joy and laughter ✨

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from Exeter Neonatal Unit 🎄❤️ Santa has visited the babies and siblings this morning (luckily everyone was on the nice list!) and even took part in ward round 🤣

As you can see we were very lucky to get goodies from Roma’s family which everyone was very grateful for! A huge thank you to everyone that has donated to the unit this Christmas ❤️

24/12/2024

It’s been a wonderful Christmassy week on the Neonatal Unit 🎄 Huge thanks to everyone for your generosity. It’s very much appreciated by staff and families currently on NNU 🥰🥰

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas ❤️