Blake Lapthorn sponsors Baby Lifeline

Blake Lapthorn is pleased to announce that we are sponsoring Baby Lifeline, a unique national charity offering loving care and support to pregnant mothers and new born babies all over the UK.

Baby Lifeline came into being in 1981 after Judy Ledger, now chief executive, suffered the personal loss of three premature babies. Over a ten-year period the charity raised over £1.5 million and purchased vital equipment for three hospitals in Coventry and Warwickshire - where the charity still has its headquarters. Baby Lifeline’s influence and work subsequently spread nationwide, and to date it has contributed more than £5 million to Britain’s maternity hospitals and services.

However, it is an unfortunate fact that, even with the advances in medical care and science today, more than 8,500 babies still die at or around the time of birth.

The funds raised help to supply hospitals up and down the country with equipment ranging from digital weighing scales to major pieces of technology such as incubators and scanners. The charity is equally proud of the support it gives to training and education programmes for doctors, midwives and other associated health professionals.

Currently Baby Lifeline is working on a medical publishing project, which it confidently expects to be of great benefit to both midwives and obstetricians. Along with this initiative Baby Lifeline is running a series of conferences designed to address issues of vital concern in the field of obstetrics.

Baby Lifeline, with the help of leading experts in the maternal health field, has also produced a series of nine interactive videos, the B.I.R.T.H. series, which has been of great benefit to maternity units all over the UK. The series has received endorsement from the Royal College of Midwives as well as The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists.

For further information please contact Alison McClure in the Personal Injury team on 023 8085 7345 or email alison.mcclure@bllaw.co.uk