RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 UK neonatal intensive care services in 1996
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F233
OP F234
DO 10.1136/fn.80.3.F233
VO 80
IS 3
A1 Janet Tucker
A1 William Tarnow-Mordi
A1 Craig Gould
A1 Gareth Parry
A1 Neil Marlow
YR 1999
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/80/3/F233.abstract
AB A census of activity and staff levels in 1996 was conducted in UK neonatal units and achieved a 100% response from 246 units. Among the 186 neonatal intensive care units, the median (interquartile range) number of total cots was 18(14−22); level 1 intensive care cots 4(2−6); total admissions 318(262−405); very low birthweight admissions 40(28−68); and the number ventilated or given CPAP by endotracheal tube 52(32−83). Forty six (25%) intensive care units lacked the recommended minimum of one consultant with prime responsibility for neonatal medicine. As a conservative estimate 79% of intensive care units had a lower nursing provision than that recommended in previously published guidelines. There was substantial variation in activity and staffing levels among units.