This month saw the launch of what Tommy's hopes will be one of our most influential campaigns to date - Stop Premature Births. Coincidentally, our campaign launched at the same time as Amillia Taylor, the most premature baby on record, safely went home after four months in intensive care, after her birth at only 22 weeks gestation. Sadly, many families with very premature babies will not be so fortunate.
The UK has the highest rate of premature birth in western Europe, killing more babies than cot death, infections and congential anomalies combined.
By the time each of us leaves work today, another baby will have died as a result of being born too soon, totalling four tiny lives each day and 1,311 every year.
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