Cot Death

  • NewsMarie-Claire Dorking

    New Parents To Be Given Cardboard ‘Baby Boxes’ To Help Tackle Infant Mortality

    New parents leaving hospital are normally sent home with a pack full of advice, some coupons for free nappies, oh and a baby of course. Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital is carrying out the first UK trial of the tradition, which is part of a new strategy to help reduce cot death. The so-called ‘baby boxes’ are popular in Finland, where they have been credited with cutting infant mortality rates from 65 per 1000 in 1938, to 2.3 in 2015.