Pragmatic definitions of different designations of neonatal services
| Level 3 | One staffed by consultants, all with specialist neonatal training, and where all medical staff, when clinically responsible for the neonatal service, have no other commitments |
| Level 2 | One staffed by consultants and resident experienced doctors who also cover an adjacent children’s service but with one doctor/advanced nurse practitioner available for the service at all times without other commitments |
| Level 1 | One that plans to provide neither intensive nor high-dependency neonatal care except in an emergency |