Dietitians (NDIGuk)
Other relevant groups
BAPM - British Association of Perinatal Medicine
website: www.bapm.org
BAPM welcomes health professionals with an active interest in perinatal medicine with the constitutional aim of improving standards of perinatal
care in the British Isles. They have been keen to support other health professionals and have hosted both NDIGuk and ANNPuk on their website.
Membership is £40 annually for non-medical professionals due 1 st March each year. Membership entitles you to receive regular BAPM Newsletters,
copies of all future publications and the BAPM Handbook. You will also be entitled to registration at the BAPM Annual Scientific Meeting and
other BAPM meetings at a reduced rate.
ANNP’s - Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
website: www.bapm.org.uk/annp
ANNPuk is an organisation created in 2001 in response to the increasing number of advanced neonatal nurse practitioners for whom there was
neither a voluntary or statutory register. The aim of the group is:
“To promote and support the education and professional development of advanced neonatal nurse practitioners through the provision
of peer support, education sessions and representation. The organisation facilitates an annual conference, seminars and meetings as well
as a voluntary register, communication network and website.”
Their website includes links to a call for annp’s to the voluntary register, a quarterly newsletter and a link for members to login.
The newsletter makes very interesting reading with details of courses, study days, reviews, etc.
NNA - Neonatal Nurses Association
website: www.nna.org.uk
Full membership is open to nurses/midwives employed in neonatal nursing who are interested in furthering the work of the group. Corporate
membership is open to limited number of companies who are involved in neonatal equipment.
They have an annual general meeting and then regional group activities, with some regions having a special interest group (education, managers,
transport and pain). One of their aims is to liaise with other organisations with similar interests and objectives. An approach from our group
has been made.
PPNG - Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association (ADA)
website: www.paediatricnutrition.org
You can only join this group if you are a member of the ADA. However they have an interesting website with a lot of information accessible
to non-members.
BLISS - the premature baby charity
website: www.bliss.org.uk
BLISS - helping babies born too soon, too small or too sick to cope on their own. A family support organisation that works very closely with
health professionals and produces leaflets on a wide range of topics including breastfeeding and weaning, the latter written by Caroline King
(Hammersmith). Most BLISS information is free of charge and available from head office on: 0870 770 0337 or by email at information@bliss.co.uk.
Paediatric Group of BDA – a specialist group of the British Dietetic Association
website: http://www.bda.uk.com/sgroupspublic.html
Paediatric Group of BDA represents paediatric dietitians across the UK and is the ‘parent group’ of NDIGuk. Its aims are to:
- provide a communication network for paediatric dietitians.
- act as an information resource for dietitians and other health professionals.
- promote paediatric dietetic education at undergraduate and post graduate levels.
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