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'Cot death risk' from bed-sharing

Around 120 baby deaths could be prevented in the UK every year if parents stopped sharing beds with their children, according to research by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

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Nice: 'Safest place for a baby to sleep is in a cot'

A Nice spokesman said guidance on the care of women and babies after birth is currently being reviewed.

Any death of a child is a tragedy and one that any parent and health professional would want to prevent. Sleeping alongside a baby increases the risks to the child - including death.

We currently recommend that doctors, midwives and nurses should warn parents of the risks of sleeping alongside a baby in a bed.

The safest place for a baby to sleep is in a cot in their parents' room for the first six months.

– Nice spokesman
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