The Adventures of Captain Flinders- The Lincoln NNU Sibling Club Mascot

17/09/2025

Today is World Patient Safety Day 2025 and the theme is "Safe care for every newborn and every child" with the slogan "Patient safety from the start!". The day emphasises the crucial need to eliminate preventable harm in pediatric and newborn care settings.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for comprehensive efforts to improve patient safety for children by:
Designing safe clinical processes .
Strengthening health workforce competencies .
Engaging patients and families .
Establishing learning systems: to prevent harm.
Focusing on key areas: like safe childbirth, medication safety, immunisation, and infection prevention.

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS group held a Patient Safety Day conference on Monday 15th September to recognise World Patient Safety Day.

Neonatal services were represented at the conference by David Speck (practice development nurse) who presented the ‘my baby labels’ service improvement project.

This was greatly received and lot of positive comments followed.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust - ULHT

20/08/2025

Here is the fantastic Emma and Captain Flinders abseiling down the side of Liverpool football club!

Emma took on this epic challenge on the 17th August to raise money for the teams that cared for her son, Jack, who was born 8 weeks premature.

Emma has raised around £700 for Lincolnshire neonatal services! Wow!

Here’s what Emma had to say

“Our baby Jack was born 8 weeks early and he and my wife Natalie were very poorly. They put Jack on a C-PAP machine and I can only guess that must cost a fortune. But without it I don’t know where I would be today. Nat needed so much blood so again we will always be thankful. Even if it just helps towards something”

A huge thank you for supporting us Emma! We think you are awesome!
Captain Flinders loved spending time with you but will rain check if you choose another abseil!

🦀💜🥰

15/08/2025

Happy International Neonatal Nurses Day!

Captain Flinders had the best time and found himself a mermaid to party with!

14/07/2025

Captain Flinders had the best time on Saturday hiking the Wharfedale 3 Peaks to raise funds for a very special little girl living with Stargardt disease.

Stargardt disease is a genetic disorder that affects the retina, causing progressive vision loss. It's the most common form of macular dystrophy, impacting around one in 10,000 people. The disease is characterized by the buildup of lipofuscin, a metabolic waste product, in the retina. This accumulation damages the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and causes the macula, the central area of the retina responsible for detailed vision, to waste away.

Brave Ella is living with this everyday so please donate to our ‘go fund me’ page to help Ella purchase much needed equipment.

Captain flinders now needs a long soak in the bath tub!!! Well done team neonates!! Hope we made you proud, Ella!

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BE4mmnxh6/?mibextid=wwXIfr

01/07/2025

Hello! On July 12th 2025 some of the Lincoln Neonatal Unit Team will be ta… Kitty Browne needs your support for Lincoln Neonatal Unit - 3 Peak Challenge !

09/06/2025

Hey there! I wanted to share an important cause with you—some folks from the Lincoln Neonatal Unit are taking on the Wharfedale 3 Peaks Challenge to raise funds for Ella, a young girl facing a tough eye condition. Every donation helps provide her with an electronic magnifier and other resources to improve her quality of life, so if you could click the link below to donate or share it, it would mean a lot! Lots of love Captain Flinders! 🦀🥰

Hello! On July 12th 2025 some of the Lincoln Neonatal Unit Team will be ta… Kitty Browne needs your support for Lincoln Neonatal Unit - 3 Peak Challenge !

06/06/2025

It’s volunteers week!

Captain Flinders is celebrating the NNUs incredible army of volunteers! We love seeing our wonderful volunteers as they deliver precious parcels for our babies and families. Special shout out to our ‘top knitter’ Janet who has now knitted 4468 hats to keep our babies warm! Janet popped in today to say hi and deliver another much needed hat donation! We are so grateful for your support and friendship, THANK YOU 🤩

15/05/2025

We are embracing International Kangaroo Care Awareness day today! Lots of fun had with our incredible families taking part in a skin-to-skin-a-thon! We hope to raise awareness about the importance of touch and building that precious initial bond with your baby.
Our incredible clinical educator, Denise, even held the most fantastic teaching session all about brain development, bonding and securing precious ties through the power of skin to skin!
Simply beautiful! Huge thank yous to our families for allowing us to share in such wonderful moments!

12/05/2025

International Nurses Day!
IND is celebrated around the world on May 12th, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.
Here’s a photo of a few of our nurses on shift today and representing the NNU on this very special day!
Captain Flinders is incredibly proud of his nurses!

12/05/2025

Catherine and Dawn ran the Leeds Rob Burrow Marathon yesterday with Captain Flinders!
Catherine had this to say about this incredible event….
“Very hot and hilly but amazing atmosphere and all for a great cause 🥰”
Well done ladies and Captain flinders! Hope you are recovering well and are planning your next event………

08/05/2025

VE Day 80” on the NNU to honour veterans and commemorate the end of the Second World War.

01/05/2025

Captain Flinders’s is supporting our incredible Kaylee and her fabulous girls!

Kaylee’s story:

Hello my name is Kaylee and I am the Bliss link nurse for Lincoln County Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Myself and my two daughters (8 and 5 years old) are taking on 100km in May for Bliss, the UK's leading charity helping babies born premature or full-term, but sick.

1 in every 7 babies born in the UK will need specialist neonatal care, which means thousands of babies and their families seek information and support from Bliss every year.

By sponsoring us your donation will help Bliss continue their work to ensure that every baby born premature or full-term who needs neonatal care will have the best chance of survival and quality of life.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Kaylee1744614382120?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=015