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Neuroscience for the people at the cot side. Writing on regulation, trauma and lived experience, from Lottie King and the NICU Neuroscience faculty.

The workforce has a nervous system too allostatic load burnout moral distress neonatal care nervous system informed care patient safety staff wellbeing vicarious trauma Jul 23, 2026

What sustained stress does to midwifery and neonatal teams, and why we need to look at physiology before it becomes culture.

We have become fluent in the language of workforce pressure. We talk about...

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When the move closer to home reads as a threat in the NICU allostatic load interoception neonatal care nervous system informed care neuroception predictive processing repatriation Jun 15, 2026

Repatriation is one of the key milestones in neonatal care. A baby who once needed the resources of a tertiary unit is now stable enough to continue care closer to home, and the transfer is recorded a...

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Lottie King

Founder of NICU Neuroscience and of Leo's Neonatal. Bereaved parent, and the person who wishes this training had existed when she was the one standing beside the cot.

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Occasional writing from Lottie on regulation, trauma and lived experience in neonatal and maternity care.