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We have been supporting our south London Trusts to implement and sustain improvements for the nine elements of optimal preterm care, as stated in the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 3 – Element 5. This includes supporting the adoption of a communication and counselling tool for parents and clinicians. This programme has been continued since 2019.
Click here to see the support we offered to our local units in 2022/23 and 2023/24.
The nine elements to be improved for all births below 34 weeks’ gestation are as follows:
To support communication between parents and clinicians in the event of preterm labour diagnosis, or an acute need to deliver a baby prematurely, the British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) created a series of posters, a 9-element Perinatal Optimisation Clinical Passport and a 9-element Perinatal Optimisation Baby Passport communication tool that is available in English and a Trans-friendly version here.
If you have any questions or would like more information about MatNeo and the Optimisation and Stabilisation of Preterm Infants, please contact Hebe Davies-Colley, MatNeoSIP Lead and Project Manager in the Patient Safety and Experience Team.
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