Royal Berkshire Maternity and Neonatal Voices

15/08/2026

Get • 💙 Today is International Neonatal Nurses Day, a chance to celebrate the incredible nurses who care for some of our smallest and most vulnerable patients.

Working in the Buscot Neonatal Unit, our neonatal nurses provide specialist care and support for babies who need extra help in their first days and weeks of life. They are there for families during some of their most challenging and emotional moments, offering expert care, reassurance and compassion every step of the way.

Thank you to all our neonatal nurses for the skill, dedication and kindness you bring to your work every day. 💙

15/08/2026

Get Repost App • BIBS 💜 Happy International Neonatal Nurses Day! 💜

Today is all about celebrating the incredible nurses who care for some of the tiniest and most vulnerable babies, and the families beside them.

Being a neonatal nurse is so much more than the clinical care they provide. It’s knowing the tiny details that make each baby unique, getting to know their routines and what helps them feel settled. It’s supporting families as they find their feet, listening, reassuring and being there through the good days, the difficult days and all the uncertainty in between.

And, of course, it’s doing all of this while juggling the clinical skills, knowledge and expertise needed to care for babies who need such specialist care. Neonatal nursing takes an incredible combination of compassion, patience, resilience and skill - and we are so lucky to have such an amazing team caring for our Buscot and Transitional Care families💜

So today, we simply want to say thank you.

Thank you for everything you do, for every baby you care for, every parent you support and every family you help through their neonatal journey. You make a huge difference, often in ways you’ll never fully know 💜

And we’re not stopping at today! Thanks to the generosity of our wonderful BIBS supporters, we’ll be celebrating with a tea party and gifts for the team next week 🥳☕🎁

Happy International Neonatal Nurses Day to our brilliant neonatal nurses - we hope you know just how appreciated you are! 💜

15/08/2026

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL NEONATAL NURSES DAY!

A huge thank you to the whole team on Buscot Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for working so hard to give amazing care to the RBH’s tiniest patients and their families.

We will be celebrating with the team on Tuesday. There’s still time to share your stories, photos and thank yous with the team!

To make it easy to share, follow this link... it takes 2 minutes! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeKemR6Ce74_t0p3VvJkETSUzJZGK_Xnh2NzxiqWenOFaRHg/viewform



Thank you - it means so much to the team to hear from you 💜

15/08/2026

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL NEONATAL NURSES DAY!

A huge thank you to the whole team on Buscot Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust for working so hard to give amazing care to the RBH's tiniest patients and their families.

We will be celebrating with the team on Tuesday. There's still time to share your stories, photos and thank yous with the team!

See how to share in our post below 👇

Thank you - it means so much to the team to hear from you 💜

12/08/2026

Who’s going to be viewing the solar eclipse today? Here’s some safety advice from the NHS - special ISO certified glasses, DIY pinhole boxes or colanders prepped and ready!

Learn how to protect your eyes whilst watching the partial solar eclipse!

We probably shouldn’t have to say this, but don’t look directly at the sun. Looking directly at the sun without the right protection can cause permanent damage to your eyesight – so you need to take care. Remember, your normal sunglasses may look great, but they won't cut it.

Follow the link to learn more about how to watch the eclipse safely!

➡️ https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2026/07/23/how-to-watch-the-solar-eclipse-safely-this-summer/

10/08/2026

We’ll be joining BIBS for the International Neonatal Nurses Day Celebrations, if you’d like to donate please follow the link below! (All links in stories too!)

We’d love to give the gift of feedback, which alongside your donations will really make the celebration magical! Send us your feedback here: https://forms.gle/XNuWry55Uf1Nb72CA

Get • 💜 Help us celebrate our incredible Buscot neonatal nurses this International Neonatal Nurses Day. 💜

Every day, Buscot’s neonatal nurses provide expert care, compassion and reassurance to premature and poorly babies and their families.

✨ Did you know that BIBS supports staff as well as babies and families? Thanks to our supporters, we help fund:

💜 NHS staff training and development opportunities to help improve babies outcomes and staff-led initiatives such as Golden Drops aimed at improving access to vital colostrum for babies in their earliest hours and days
💜 Training equipment such as simulation babies to develop life-saving resuscitation and IV skills
💜 Improvements to staff spaces, including items for the staff room
💜 Christmas scrubs to bring festive cheer to the ward
💜 Gifts and treats throughout the year to boost morale and show appreciation

This International Neonatal Nurses Day, we’d love to give something back to the nurses who have cared for so many Buscot babies.

✨ Help us provide gifts of thanks for our amazing neonatal team by donating via https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/internationalneonatalnurses2026

Every donation, big or small, helps us show how much they are valued 💜

08/08/2026

Afrofest here we come 🌞

We are packed and ready to go 🌞

Gates open at 1 🌞

Come along and say hello 🌞

Royal Berkshire NHS Maternity
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Community United
Reading Today
Healthwatch Reading
Healthwatch Wokingham BoroughHealthwatch West Berkshire

08/08/2026

📣 We are going 📣

A celebration of diversity, culture, heritage, inclusion and community 💜

Free entry and parking 💜

Free food for all those that have registered 💜

The sun is shining, come along, find our stand and say hello 💜

We will be doing free badge making 💜

Thank you to Alice, Lead for Healthwatch Reading and Wokingham, for the invite.

Royal Berkshire NHS Maternity
Reading Today
Healthwatch West Berkshire
Healthwatch Wokingham Borough
Healthwatch Reading
Reading Family Hubs: Under 5s
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

07/08/2026

Saga, one of our Parent and Community Engagement Leads joined the Healthbus on Monday, along with Inclusion Midwife Csilla and Midwife Rayanne of the Infant Feeding Team, and of course Kirsty from the Breastfeeding Network.

Thank you to all who stopped to say hello and gave their time to speak with us.

And thank you to Royal Berkshire NHS Maternity for inviting us along.

To Breastfeeding Network - Reading Breastfeeding Network - Wokingham area and the Healthbus, it was great to be with alongside speaking with Service Users in our community 💜

Get Repost App • Royal Berkshire NHS Maternity 💜On Monday, members of the Health Visitor Team joined The Breastfeeding Network and our Infant Feeding and Inclusion Midwives on the Health Bus to highlight information, advice and support available to breastfeeding families.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat with the teams!

07/08/2026

We wanted to highlight the great work of Bliss Charity 💜

Get Repost App • Bliss We want to acknowledge how feeding your baby on the neonatal unit can bring up all kinds of emotions.

You may feel joy, worry, guilt, pride.

Whether you’re breastfeeding, expressing, bottle-feeding or tube-feeding, you’re doing your best.

We’ve got practical tips and emotional support for every kind of feeding journey, so head to our website for more 👉 link in bio.

You can also talk to our support team via DMs or email [email protected]. 💙

📸 Aurelie, mum to JB, born 26+5. Clare, mum to Evelyn, born at 33+6. Jessica, mum to Molly, born at 29 weeks. Phoebe, mum to Lydia, born at 28 weeks. Nicola, mum to Remi, born at 29+5.