The South West Cuddle Bundle Professionals Page

The SW Cuddle Bundle is a collaboration of quality improvement projects from around the region. Originating with the Cuddle Bundle project from Plymouth NICU, where the team observed a need to support families with the frequency and duration of skin-to-skin kangaroo cuddles for their babies. They implemented staff education and strategies to improve their practice.

Plymouth’s work has been combined with other QI projects from around the South West region to develop a bundle of care aimed at increasing closeness and connection for every baby and family from birth, throughout their neonatal journey and at home. The bundle focuses on the following 5 elements:

  1. Delivery room cuddles

  2. Early and frequent skin to skin cuddles

  3. Implementation of Kangaroo Care Cuddle Wraps©

  4. Cuddles and parental involvement during painful procedures

  5. Continuing Kangaroo care at home

The bundle also includes the consideration for kangaroo care during transport, drawing on the KaKoon project within the SONAR transport service and cuddles during therapeutic hypothermia treatment with support from the CoolCuddle study.

Cuddle Bundle Webinar Series

  • The SW Cuddle Bundle Share and Learn Webinars are a series of bite-size, educational, lunchtime webinars delivered by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals. Each presentation will be followed by a showcase of a local project or initiative and there will be time for discussion and questions.

    All South West Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals who work within a Neonatal or Transitional Care setting are invited to register.

    **These Webinars are not open to delegates outside of the South West Neonatal Network

    1. Skin-to-skin is life: What is 'Nurturescience'?

    2. Family perceptions and connection

    3. Focus on delivery room cuddles

    4. NICU Focus: Supporting Skin to Skin contact for <27wks gestation and the sick infant

    5. Skin-to-skin supports lactation & feeding

    6. Skin-to-skin and pain management

    7. Sensory experience of skin-to-skin

    8. The impact of skin-to-skin on long term outcomes

    9. Series close - QI Showcase

  • The SW Cuddle Bundle QI Showcase

    Join Us to Celebrate the Success of the Cuddle Bundle Project!

    9th of December at 11.00 - 12.30

    This will be a wonderful opportunity to come together as a region, reflect on our collective achievements, and celebrate the ongoing success of this important project.

    This session will be a time to:

    • Celebrate your team’s progress

    • Share learning and experiences across the region

    • Recognise the dedication that continues to drive the project forward

    Click on the ‘JOIN HERE' button to join the QI Showcase.

    The MS Teams meeting will not start until the 9th of December at 11am

Click here to join the next SW Cuddle Bundle Webinar:

JOIN HERE

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Link here to access the recordings of previous episodes in the Cuddle Bundle webinar series through the SW Moodle Learning Platform:

Link to Recordings

SW Cuddle Bundle Staff Resources

You will find the SW Cuddle Bundle educational and launch resources to guide and support you to improve skin to skin cuddles and parent-infant closeness on your units’ within our SW Neonatal Network FutureNHS workspace. 

JOIN THE WORKSPACE HERE