Implementing the Recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Transformation Review

Implementing the Recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Transformation Review
NHS England 13 December 2019

• An outline of the action plan to implement the recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Transformation Review.
• The three key commitments are focused on: 
• 1. Developing neonatal capacity: redesigning and expanding neonatal critical care services to further enhance safety, effectiveness and the experience of families, to improve neonatal capacity and triage within expert maternity and neonatal centres. 
• 2. Further developing the expert neonatal workforce required: extra neonatal nurses and expanded roles for some allied health professionals to support clinical care. 
• 3. Enhancing the experience of families through care coordinators and investment in improved parental accommodation.

Association of early postnatal transfer and birth outside a tertiary hospital with mortality and severe brain injury in extremely preterm infants

Association of early postnatal transfer and birth outside a tertiary hospital with mortality and severe brain injury in extremely preterm infants: observational cohort study with propensity score matching
BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5678 (Published 16 October 2019)

• An observational study of neonatal care services found that in a cohort of extremely preterm infants born at less than 28 gestational weeks, birth in a non-tertiary hospital and transfer within 48 hours are associated with poor outcomes when compared with birth in a tertiary setting.

Abstract: