Sustaining the health and adult social care workforce
What investments and actions are required to create a sustainable health and social care workforce?

This Briefing Note addresses the problem of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and summarises the new findings and their implications. POSTnote 2. POST. 1989.
Sudden infant death syndrome - recent developments (160 KB , PDF)
Media coverage has focused recently on the question of cot deaths or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and how it is caused. It has been suggested that a cause of death may be connected with the infection of cot materials by fungi and/or bacteria which are naturally present in the environment.
In view of the amount of interest that this and related issues may generate among MPs’ constituents, this Briefing Note addresses the problem of SIDS and summarises the new findings and their implications.
Sudden infant death syndrome - recent developments (160 KB , PDF)
What investments and actions are required to create a sustainable health and social care workforce?
This POSTnote considers the potential impacts of birthrate decline, including on the workforce and the provision of public services.
This POSTnote will summarise the factors that affect winter mortality. It will outline evidence for policies to prevent excess winter deaths.