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Current practice of neonatal community outreach teams in England, Wales and Scotland
  1. Chuen Wai Lee1,2,
  2. Janine Snook3,
  3. Burak Salgin2,4
  1. 1 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
  2. 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK
  3. 3 Thames Valley and Wessex Neonatal Network; and Kent, Surrey and Sussex Neonatal Network, South East Neonatal Outreach Services, Southampton, UK
  4. 4 Centre for Neuroscience, Surgery and Trauma, Blizard Institute, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Chuen Wai Lee; chuen-wai.lee{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327865

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    Neonatal outreach teams are essential to ensuring a safe and seamless transition for babies from the hospital to the community. Typically, outreach services support babies with additional medical needs, such as nasogastric tube feeds or home oxygen therapy. Studies report neonatal outreach helps to reduce mother-baby separation and length of hospital stay.1 2 As neonatal units face increasing pressure due to rising preterm birth rates and improving survival rates,3 the role of neonatal outreach has become increasingly vital in ensuring effective inpatient care pathways.4 There is currently no national guidance on the delivery of outreach care. This has led to variability in service …

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    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.