Hospital sets up food bank
Mum Kayleigh Emmerson, whose son Connor was born weighing just 1lb 10oz, said she would go hungry in order to pay for her bus fare to hospital
Newcastle Chronicle A food bank is to be set up at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital to help parents of premature children facing poverty
Expensive: Parents with babies in neonatal care spend on average £280 a week
A hospital has set up its very own food bank to help cash-strapped parents to visit their premature babies.
Families with a baby in neonatal care in the North East spend on average £280 a week visiting their poorly children in hospital, according to research.
