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• Contributors All authors attended at least one working group meeting and contributed to the writing and editing of the framework for practice. AKE chaired the working group. VM, EA and AKE conceptualised the framework. LY, AGO, VM and AKE wrote the first draft of the Introduction and Background sections. VM and AKE wrote the first draft of The protocol and pathways of care section and VM wrote the first draft of the Management of positive PulseOx Test (red pathway) section. TM, OH and JC-S wrote the first draft of the Home births section. SH, JA and NB wrote the first draft of the Information for parents section. AKE wrote the first draft of the Equipment section and the Accuracy of pulse oximeters in individuals with darker skin tones section. KHR and EA wrote the first draft of the Audit and governance section. All authors contributed significantly to subsequent edits. VM, EA, SJO, NE-O and AKE oversaw the final draft which was approved by all authors.

• Funding NHS England funded the administrative support for BAPM to undertake the framework.

• Competing interests None declared.

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

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