Thames Valley and Wessex ODN
The Thames Valley and Wessex (TVW) neonatal ODN covers an area where there are approximately 60,000 births each year. Across TVW there are 13 acute trusts and 14 hospitals delivering neonatal care.
The ODN area is not coterminous with commissioning areas, Local Maternity Neonatal Systems (LMNS) or even Trusts, as neonatal pathways cross boundaries.
- Milton Keynes General Hospital sits within the East of England commissioning footprint however the neonatal clinical pathway for tertiary level care is Oxford that sits within the TVW ODN.
- Salisbury, Dorchester and Poole sit in the south west commissioning hub, but have tertiary care and neonatal surgical pathways that flow into Southampton so sit within TVW ODN.
- Wexham Park and St Richards, Chichester sit in TVW ODN but other neonatal units within their Trusts (Frimley Park and Worthing) have neonatal tertiary care pathways that sit in KSS neonatal ODN.
- Neonatal surgical pathways are within the ODN with a neonatal surgical centre at Oxford and neonatal surgical and cardiac surgical centre at Southampton. TVW ODN is also the provider of choice for babies from the Channel Islands for a small number of babies who often have extended periods of neonatal care prior to repatriation due to geographical and local island care restraints.
TVW neonatal transport is provided by the Southampton Oxford Neonatal Transport service (SONeT), a dedicated team of specialist neonatal nurses and doctors. You can find out more about the service on the SONeT website.
Kent Surrey and Sussex ODN
The Kent Surrey and Sussex ODN supported by NHS England (NHSE) is hosted by Medway NHS Foundation Trust. There are 13 neonatal units in the network working collaboratively to provide care for our babies and their families.
The ODN area is not coterminous with commissioning areas, Local Maternity Neonatal systems (LMNS) or even Trusts as neonatal pathways cross boundaries.
- Frimley Health Foundation Trust has 2 local neonatal units, Frimley Park which sits in KSS network and Wexham Park which sits in TVW network. They have different tertiary centre pathways within their own ODN.
- University Hospitals Sussex has 1 NICU and 3 SCU all of which sit in KSS apart from St Richards Hospital in Chichester which sits in the TVW network and has tertiary pathways within TVW.
- Neonatal surgery is provided within the ODN at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and also externally at St George’s Hospital, Evelina Hospital, King’s College Hospital and Southampton University Hospital.
KSS neonatal transport is provided by a dedicated team of specialist neonatal nurses and doctors. You can find out more about the service on our Transport Service webpage.
Structure and Governance
Each network has a formal governance and accountability structure. The networks regularly report to NHS England to monitor service and clinical quality against national standards, and the progress of agreed national, regional and local programmes of work.
We are committed to working in partnership with parents, families and staff to deliver, develop and improve neonatal services across the region. The parent voice is embedded within our networks with the inclusion of a Parent & Family Engagement Lead within each network team. The network Parent Advisory Groups are also pivotal in providing service user insight into projects, workstreams and guidance.