The list of instructions I prepared for her couldn't have been more painstakingly detailed were we leaving a critically ill infant in her care.

Once, the only nurse caring for seven ill infants was so busy she failed to hear an alarm when a baby stopped breathing.

The more lethargic, weak and ill the infant, the greater is the urgency and need for expert advice.

The test can screen for 3,500 genetic diseases, allowing critically ill infants to be diagnosed and treated much more effectively.

One mother concerned about her desperately ill premature infant was told by the doctor: "You don't make these decisions.

The problem of premature and congenitally ill infants is not a new one.

Lynne Vuillemot's story has given me insight into the dilemma faced by parents of seriously ill infants.

In a procedure used on critically ill infants, blood is drained out of a baby's body so that it bypasses the heart and lungs.

When deformed or seriously ill infants are born, parents want "full support" for their child.

She encouraged the discussion of controversial questions regarding appropriate care for extremely ill infants.