BABIES: Pic. Dominic Lipinski. PA DRUG-dependent newborns had to be given withdrawal treatment around 50 times at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust in 2019-20. Morphine and methadone were among substances given to babies to wean them from drugs used in pregnancy by their mothers. NHS figures for the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust show the number of recorded medical interventions linked to what is called neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) rose from fewer than eight in 2018-19 to 50 in 2019-20. Where there are fewer than eight cases an exact number is not given to preserve anonymity while other figures are rounded to the nearest five.