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Rates of survival without severe disabilities among premature babies have increased during the past two decades

The survival of premature newborns in England is 30 per cent higher in specialist units treating large numbers of neonates, reveals an analysis of national data published in the online journal BMJ Open.

By Catherine Reilly.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

With the launch of Ireland’s first support group for parents of premature babies, Aoife Connors reports on the challenges associated with the care of babies who are born preterm Approximately 4,500 babies are born in Ireland before they reach full term each year – almost 6.