First Touch - supporting babies at St George's Hospital

14/06/2026

At First Touch, we're all about promoting excellence in neonatal care, and that means nurturing and training the next generation of neonatal consultants! We're very happy to be sponsoring the Neonatal Crash course for resident doctors taking place on September 29th at . The course will cover basic ventilation, cerebral function monitoring, parenteral nutrition, and of course some simulation scenarios! It's a great way to get ready for your neonatal placement. If you're a resident doctor and you're interested, contact one of the course organisers:
Dr Sandeep Shetty (Consultant Neonatologist, St George’s University Hospital)
Dr Alexandra Downes (ST8 Neonatal GRID Trainee, Royal London Hospital)
Dr Arameh Aghababaie (ST5 Neonatal GRID Trainee, King’s College Hospital)
Dr Louise Han (ST3 Paediatric Trainee, Whittington Hospital)

08/06/2026

28/05/2026

Every month, the staff of the neonatal unit vote for their 'star of the month', that special member of staff who goes the extra mile for babies, families and colleagues! This month, the honour goes to Samira Abiikar. Thank you Samira, for all that you do!🥰

27/05/2026

May's book of the month is the utterly adorable Hairy Maclary series from Lynley Dodd. It was certainly one of my favourite read aloud books, and we hope our mums and dads on the neonatal unit at St George's enjoy reading the book to their babies 🥰

19/05/2026

May 19th World Milk Bank Day

19/05/2026

This May 19th, on World Donor Milk Day, we are celebrating and thanking our hundreds of wonderful donors who have contributed to St George's Neonatal Unit Milk Bank, providing life-saving milk to the tiniest and most vulnerable babies!
Did you know:
💡 Beyond our own unit, we support the Transitional Care Unit and the postnatal ward at St George's Hospital with donor milk, helping mothers to establish breastfeeding for term babies.
💡 The Milk bank supplies donated milk to St Helier's, Croydon, Kingston, East Surrey, Epsom, and Milton Keynes.
💡The bank was founded by Sister Theresa Alexander, and remained open during the 1980s AIDS crisis when many UK banks closed, thanks to her and Dr Tony Williams' unwavering commitment.
💡Thereafter, Dr Laura de Rooy led the service until her retirement in 2023.
Today, Dr Touqueer Fatima, Sister Rebecca Miles, Tracy and Danielle form our dedicated team, continuing this legacy, with the support of First Touch charity!