We have collated a range of informative websites for neonatal professionals. You can explore these by expanding the sections below:
British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM)
BAPM improves standards of perinatal care by supporting those involved to optimise their skills and knowledge, promote high quality, safe and innovative practice, encourage research, and speak out for the needs of babies and their families.
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
The RCPCH is a membership body for paediatricians in the UK and around the world. They focus on postgraduate medical education, professional standards, research and policy.
Paediatric Innovation, Education and Research (PIER) Network
PIER is a collaboration of multidisciplinary health professionals working to improve the care of children and young people in the South of England through development of regional guidance, delivery of educational initiatives and paediatric research.
Neonatal Nurses Association (NNA)
The NNA promote neonatal nursing for the benefit of premature and sick newborns and their families.
Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF)
The FNF focus on improving health, clinical outcomes and patient experience, through building nursing and midwifery leadership capacity and capability.
National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) dashboard
The NNAP interactive dashboard shows data against 10 performance metrics. This is updated on a quarterly basis.
https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/nnap-data-dashboard
What is the National Neonatal Audit Programme? Watch this short film.
National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) Online
NNAP aims to helps neonatal units improve care for babies and their families by identifying areas for quality improvement in relation to the delivery and outcomes of care. NNAP Online is a reporting tool which provides access to audit results.
https://nnap.rcpch.ac.uk/
Neonatal Data Analysis Unit (NDAU)
NDAU was founded to support the management and development of the National Neonatal Research Database (NNRD), and related research.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/neonatal-data-analysis-unit/neonatal-data-analysis-unit/
Southampton Oxford Neonatal Transport
SONeT is a collaboration between Oxford and Southampton neonatal intensive care units. It provides emergency neonatal retrievals, planned transfers and repatriations in TVW Neonatal ODN.
Wessex Maternity Academy
The Wessex Maternity Academy aims to reduce education variations and improve the care for mothers and babies.
https://www.wessexmaternityacademy.org/
South East Maternity Clinical Network
The SE Maternity Clinical Network aim to create improvement through clinical leadership, strategic focus and large-scale change and transformation.
https://www.southeastclinicalnetworks.nhs.uk/our-networks/maternity/
Together for Short Lives
Together for Short Lives support professionals caring for babies with life-limiting conditions, and their families.
https://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/
Child and Young People Advance Care Plan (CYPACP)
The CYPACP is a document designed to capture advance care planning discussions between professionals, patients and their families. It aims to aid discussions giving prompt of important issues to consider and space and structure to enable documentation of these.
Bereavement Training International
Bereavement Training International provide specialist training for professionals to ensure families receive the best possible support and care following the death of a baby or child.
National charities, support and resources
The psychology team in the Oxford Neonatal Intensive Care Unit have created a padlet full of national resources and organisations that professionals can signpost to families when needed.
https://padlet.com/neonatalpsychology2/national-resources-and-organisations-mq44k6fjrwgdjdhz
Local charities, support and resources
For information relating to local support and resources for families please visit our Unit Information page, click on your unit and follow the link to your unit’s padlet.
e-Learning for Health
Health and wellbeing resources for staff working in maternity and neonatal services.
https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/maternity-and-neonatal-resource-hub/#wellbeing