Neonatal care – summary report 2024 data (NNAP)
The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) has published a summary report on 2024 data. This report finds that the proportion of very preterm babies, born between 24 and 32 weeks gestational age, who die before discharge home from the neonatal unit is unchanged from 2023 at 6.4% – and has not improved over recent years.
“Gracielle is now breathing and feeding without support. This is to encourage everyone that it does get better”
The report also finds that the number of babies born at 22 weeks gestational age and admitted to neonatal care appears to have plateaued, having increased approximately seven-fold between 2018 and 2023. The number of babies born at this gestational age and surviving to discharge has increased from 5 in 2018 to 33 in 2024. While the proportion of admitted babies born at 22 weeks and surviving to 44 weeks or discharge is largely unchanged.
Other key findings – with five recommendations for improvement – are included, relating to:
- Mortality to discharge in very preterm babies
- Outcomes of neonatal care
- Optimal perinatal care
- Parental partnership in care
- On-time screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
- Neonatal nurse staffing
- Equity in neonatal care process delivery by ethnicity.
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