Bliss (charity) in neonatal care by campaigning for change within government and the NHS. In February 2014 Bliss launched a campaign urging for more financial help for families with babies in hospital, called 'It's not a game: the very real costs of having a premature or sick baby'. Bliss released the "Bliss Baby Report" for England in 2015, shortly followed by "Bliss Baby Report: time for change" for Wales in 2016, and the "Bliss Scotland Baby Report" in January 2017. They found that neonatal services in both England and Scotland are lacking enough nurses and doctors to meet standards for high-quality care.
Preterm birth to keep the infant warm on their way to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In developed countries premature infants are usually cared for in an NICU. The physicians who specialize in the care of very sick or premature babies are known as neonatologists. In the NICU, premature babies are kept under radiant warmers or in incubators (also called isolettes), which are bassinets enclosed in plastic with climate control equipment designed to keep them warm and limit their exposure to germs. Modern neonatal intensive care involves sophisticated measurement of temperature, respiration, cardiac function, oxygenation, and brain activity. Treatments may include