What advice is given to new parents to help avoid their babies developing deformational plagiocephaly.

Answered Asked by Margaret Smith LD Lodged 13 Jan 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice is given to new parents to help avoid their babies developing deformational plagiocephaly.

The answer

Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 27 Jan 2006 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

Although no specific advice is given to new parents on deformational plagiocephaly, the leaflet Reduce the Risk of Cot Death advises new parents that it is good for a baby’s development to experience different positions when awake. Officials of the Health Department are meeting with the Scottish Cot Death Trust later this month to review this leaflet.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-22262 by reference.