Help us to bring in urgent support and additional paid leave for neonatal parents, many of whom have been separated from their babies in NICU, losing precious time they can not get back.
#NeonatalLeaveNow

MPs are set to debate the Impact of Covid-19 on maternity and parental leave, in a Westminster Hall debate on 5 October at 4.30pm. Will you ask your MP to attend and add their voice to parents of premature babies?

The House of Commons Petitions Committee recommended to government that they bring forward planned neonatal leave and pay for parents whose babies are in neonatal intensive care during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The government has failed to listen.

Neonatal Leave and Pay
Following years of campaigning for extended, paid neonatal leave by The Smallest Things, the Government finally recognised the unique needs of parents of premature babies in this year’s Budget and made a promise to help them through Neonatal Leave & Pay. Which begs the question: why now, when those same parents are facing yet more layers of difficulty and distress due to Covid-19, are they failing to support them?

Will you join our #NeonatalLeaveNow campaign and write to your MP today?