Projects, Research & Reports
This page is continually under development. The Network Annual Reports give a broad overview of the work of the network, and the page includes links to local, regional and national quality improvement and research projects, as well as links to relevant national reports and recommendations.
Projects
Collaborative documents and initiatives driven by the PERIPrem initiative on pre-term optimisation.
Neonatal Oral Antibiotics at Home (NOAH)
A project from Exeter and Health Innovation South West, enabling eligible newborns with suspected early-onset infection (EOI) to transition from intravenous (IV) antibiotics in the hospital to oral antibiotics at home after 36 hours.
A collation of work from the Network aiming to support families’ experiences of neonatal care.
Early breastmilk improvement project toolkit
A project from Health Innovation Wessex, initiated in Southampton, focusing on equity of access to equipment for expressing maternal breastmilk.
Research
A process enabling infants to receive parental cuddles during therapeutic cooling, developed through a research study in Bristol.
National Reports
Many of the network priorities are driven by national reports, as below.
National Maternity and Neonatal Recommendations Register
A searchable database providing an easy access point for all published maternity and neonatal related recommendations from Department of Health and Social Care and Arm’s length Body commissioned reports.
Maternity and neonatal services in East Kent: 'Reading the signals' report