Derriford SafeguardingTeam

14/03/2025

For information on coping with exhaustion and sleep deprivation as a parent or carer, check out The Lullaby Trust's guidance below on why babies might wake during the night:

13/03/2025

For guidance and information on baby sleep patterns, check out this informative post below from The Lullaby Trust:

11/03/2025

See below The Lullaby Trust's updated information on:
~Exploring baby sleep patterns. How long should your baby sleep for their age?
~Supporting you through your own lack of sleep. We’ll help with sleep deprivation, and make it easier for you to follow safer sleep with your baby, even when exhausted.

10/03/2025

Safer Sleep Week begins today.

We appreciate this week can be challenging for bereaved families.

Support can be found below.

Our biggest campaign of the year, Safer Sleep Week, begins on Monday.

We appreciate this week can be challenging for bereaved families.

Many bereaved families want us to continue sharing important, research-based advice on safer sleep and baby safety. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t difficult to read. If it all gets too much, please reach out to us for help. Call our bereavement helpline on 0808 802 6969 or email support@lullabytrust.org.uk.

https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/bereavement-support/

10/03/2025

It’s , the annual awareness campaign around reducing sudden infant death syndrome (also known as SIDS). We’re proud to support The Lullaby Trust as they explore baby sleep patterns, bust baby sleep myths, and support parents and carers through their own lack of sleep.

07/03/2025

Celebrating International Women's Day (tomorrow, 8th March).

This year's theme is 'Accelerate Action' and we have been showcasing the IDVA service that is available to our Staff at UHP (as well as our patients).

07/03/2025

From the 10th-16th March, we’re supporting The Lullaby Trust with their annual . Safer Sleep Week is The Lullaby Trust’s national awareness campaign targeting anyone looking after a young baby. They raise awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and the simple advice that reduces the risk of it occurring.
Next week will focus on:
~Exploring baby sleep patterns. How long should your baby sleep for their age?
~Busting baby sleep myths. Are any myths backed by evidence, and what about products that promise to help your baby sleep for longer?
~Supporting you through your own lack of sleep. We’ll help with sleep deprivation, and make it easier for you to follow safer sleep with your baby, even when exhausted.

Useful Links:
Safer Sleep Week Campaign – www.lullabytrust.org.uk/about-us/safer-sleep-week/

06/03/2025

On Tuesday 11th February 2025, the Midwifery Safeguarding team hosted a cake sale around maternity to raise money for Refuge4Pets, a wonderful charity that provides a specialist Animal Fostering Service across Devon and Cornwall to victim-survivors of domestic abuse so that they can leave with their much-loved animals.
We managed to raise an amazing £190! 🥳
Many thanks to those to who got involved in buying and baking cakes.

06/03/2025

Safer Sleep Week 2025 runs from 10 – 16 March

Exploring baby sleep patterns. How long should your baby sleep for their age?

Busting baby sleep myths. Are any myths backed by evidence, and what about products that promise to help your baby sleep for longer?

Supporting you through your own lack of sleep. We’ll help with sleep deprivation, and make it easier for you to follow safer sleep with your baby, even when exhausted.

The Lullaby Trust have an excellent range of posters and resources so please also put these up in your settings if you have a physical space available. You can find the free materials to use for safer sleep week on this link Safer Sleep Week | The Lullaby Trust

Safer Sleep Week is The Lullaby Trust's national awareness campaign, raising awareness of safer sleep for babies.

29/01/2025

The NHS England Health and Justice, Armed Forces, Sexual Assault Services, Migrant Health have been in contact with NHS Safeguarding to help raise awareness of the upcoming campaign on ‘sexual abuse and sexual violence week,’ which starts on Monday 03 February 2025.

Here is a quick round up of comms assets and what’s coming next.

Existing assets
• The 2022 campaign toolkit is being will be updated (available here - you’ll need to register for access) but some of the content won’t change much or at all.
• Campaign video – Turn to us, we are here | Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) | NHS
• Existing animation for adults Sexual assault referral centres animation
• Survivors at the Havens meeting the Minister for Women’s Health, Dec 2024 film of survivors at the Havens – FYI in case your teams can do something like this

Coming next

• New animation for young people will be ready for the launch week
• The ONS are releasing new Crime Survey data for England and Wales on Thursday 30 January 2025 at 9.30am. They won’t have a regional or demographic breakdown.
• New posters as per the attached, featuring staff in different roles and with a range of quotes and a social media version of these

We will share anything else that comes in to support the campaign and welcome support in promoting this.

27/12/2024

When babies cry it can be stressful and overwhelming. Help is out there and all you need to do is ask.

Learn more at www.iconcope.org

26/12/2024

Being a new parent is challenging, but there is support out there. Your health visitor is a great source of information. Dads, and dads-to-be, that means you too.

Don't be afraid to ask questions and find out more at https://iconcope.org