Safety recommendation
HSIB recommends that NHS England and NHS Improvement develop a framework to support Trusts to anticipate operational risk in maternity services when delivering neonatal resuscitation.
Response:
Action: NHSE/I’s National Maternity Core Competency Framework contains minimum standards in relation to neonatal life support. By: in place. NHSE/I. Resources in place: Training resources in existing maternity baseline funding.
Action: NHSE/I will review the minimum requirements for this module to include the need for Trusts to develop their own local framework to identify and mitigate potential risks for maternity and neonatal services when responding to the need for neonatal resuscitation. By: June 2022.
Response received on 14 December 2021.