Blair said baby boxes should only be used for sleeping babies in an emergency or when no cot was available. Sturgeon unveiled the baby box scheme two years ago saying they would cut infant mortality – a claim that has been repeated by other Scottish National party (SNP) leaders. “We don’t want to promote the idea that there is evidence the baby box as such has decreased infant mortality in Finland or that Finland has made such claims. The BSI, the UK’s national product-safety standards body, said no such standards existed for cardboard baby boxes. “The baby box is a very very helpful, progressive measure.

Source: The Guardian May 03, 2018 16:27 UTC