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Bliss exists to ensure that all babies born too soon, too small or too sick in the UK have the best possible chance of survival and of reaching their full potential. Bliss supports families, work with health professionals, and campaign for improved hospital resources across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Its Chief Executive is Caroline Davey. ==History== Bliss was started in 1979 when a letter was sent to the Daily Telegraph 〔Chilvers, A, 1979. A reader’s response: a plea to save babies’ lives. The Daily Telegraph, 24 Aug〕 in response to a story on neonatal intensive care units. Allan Chilvers suggested setting up a society to raise funds for life-saving equipment like incubators for premature babies and BLISS (Baby Life Support Systems) was born. In five years £750,000 was raised and equipment had been given to 82 hospitals.〔Bliss, Three Decades and Counting: Bliss 30th Birthday Baby Report, 2009〕 The 1990s saw the introduction of artificial pulmonary surfactants and antenatal steroids which reduced infant mortality and meant more premature babies began to survive. During this decade, Bliss was chosen as the charity for the Blue Peter appeal twice, raising £2.7million and helping to raise awareness about underfunding in neonatal intensive care units 〔 In 2000 Bliss ran a campaign to show that neonatal intensive care units in the UK were relying on the charity for equipment, rather than the NHS. The story made the front page of the Daily Express 〔Ellis, R, 2000. NHS Puts Babies Lives in Hand of Charities. Daily Express, 2 Oct. p1〕 and £6.5million was then announced for neonatal intensive care. From then, Bliss decided to spend less money on equipment and started funding medical training and research.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bliss (charity)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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