Why aren't new parents getting better feeding support? | Behind The Investigation

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Data seen only by the BBC shows that tens of thousands of newborn babies in England go back into hospital soon after birth. The main reasons are jaundice, feeding difficulties, and weight loss. It costs the NHS millions of pounds a year, and experts say many of these readmissions could be avoided. In this episode of BBC News Behind the Investigation, Melanie Stewart-Smith talks to Dr Deb Cohen from File on 4 Investigates about what the investigation found. They cover the scale of the problem: about 30,000 readmissions with jaundice, 10,000 with feeding difficulties and 5,000 with weight loss…

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