Exploring New Ways of Working in the Neonatal Unit

This project was commissioned by the London School of Paediatrics/Health Education England to explore new ways of working within neonatal units across London with an aim to provide collaborative recommendations on ways to reduce the dependence of service delivery on the paediatric medical workforce by providing a more stable, mixed, neonatal workforce. There was a variance in how units have developed operationally to deliver care. Increasing the support for lower dependency care can potentially relieve pressures upstream. Solutions for workforce transformation cannot be considered in isolation. It has become apparent that organisation and service delivery of care has to be considered in tandem for workforce transformation.