Prince William visits the Winnicott Baby Unit

Cherry Bond

Positive Touch Specialist
Neonatal Nurse

Prince William visits the Winnicott Baby Unit at St Mary’s Hospital
We were celebrating the completion of our refurbishment and commemorating the opening of the first NIDCAP (Neonatal Individualised Developmental Care & Assessment Programme) Centre in the UK Prince William was very interested in the humane side of this programme and spoke to Cherry for some time, discussing the challenges of supporting parents in a high technology environment.
	William who was born at St. Mary’s was verymuch like his mother, Diana, in that he genuinely took time to ask questions and spoke to the parents in a relaxed and natural manner.
He was rather reticent about picking up one little twin girl, but Inga Warren (Consultant Developmental Lead – 2nd from the right) and the team encouraged him to relax!