Neonatal care

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North Central London Perinatal Network
Information and Research Development subgroups
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Neonatal care

• Intensive care
• Specialist eg surgery, cardiac, renal
• High dependency care
• Special care
• Normal care
• And maternity care at the interface

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NCL perinatal network boardAims and targets

• Clarity of role - standards, peer review,
  advisory
• Full engagement of users, professionals and
  organisations
• Collaborative working across disciplines and
  organisations and with users
• Progress through subgroups - agreed aims and
  objectives
• Key targets - babies lt27/40 in level 3 unit by
  2006
• 95 activity within network by 2006
• BAPM standards by 2008

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NCL perinatal network board

• PCT CE chair - Sally Johnson, CE Enfield PCT
• Clinical lead - Jane Hawdon, UCLH
• Network Manger Sandra Hurst
• User reps - Bonnie Green, BLISS
• Linda Turner, BEH MSLC
• Gail Mc Connell, CI MSLC
• Commissioning - Mike Millen
• Public health - Sarah Price
• Obstetrician - Gaye Henson, Whittington
• Midwife - Carol Littlehales
• NCL SHA - Sue Dutch

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NCL perinatal network boardFunction leads

• Workforce
• Nursing - TBC
• Medical - Simon Roth, Barnet/CF
• Governance - Ed Broadhurst WH
• R and D - Nikki Robertson, UCL
• Data/information - Dominique Acolet, RFH

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Purpose of the I RD Unit

• To develop a common Information System for the
  hospitals in NCLPN to ensure that accurate,
  up-to-date data is available for audit of
  practice, benchmarking, network accreditation and
  research.
• To develop a virtual perinatal unit accessible on
  the NHS Net for bed management, occupancy, flow,
  transfer and refusal of patients and staff
  situation within the network.
• To provide the framework and support for all
  NCLPN Subgroup activities such as Data
  Collection and Output, Research and Development
  Projects, Users Projects and Clinical
  Governance.
• To interact at regional and national level with
  similar Network groups to provide better care of
  the newborn

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I RD Posts

• Full time data analyst appointed June 2006
• To assist with development and handling of the
  Perinatal Network Database(SEND Project) and
  Follow-up Database. To maintain the NCLPN web
  page, which will monitor patient flow. The work
  will include data validation and analysis,
  participating in producing reports and working as
  part of a team in setting up network wide data
  collection.
• To train hospital staff / clerks on the NNU in
  data entry for the Database and be a regular
  point of contact for training and
  troubleshooting. To provide administrative
  support for the Information and RD Unit

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I RD Posts

• Coordinator of neonatal outcome and auditor of
  patient flow appointed (as job share) June 2006
• To carry out an audit of patient flow within the
  network hospitals of all infants, in particular
  infants lt 27 weeks.
• To coordinate the follow-up of all infants lt1000g
  as part of the neonatal follow-up programme.
• To develop and maintain the database of the
  infants in the follow-up programme. This involves
  data entry but not analysis (Full time).
• Other posts not specific to I RD but hosted in
  the I RD Unit
• Network manager
• The unit will be located in the Child Health
  Department, Royal Free Campus, UCL

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Membership of the I RD Information sub group

• Barnet Chase Farm Tim Wickam
• Whittington Ed Broadhurst / Raoul Blumberg
  alternating
• UCLH Sian Harding
• RFH Vivienne VanSomeren
• Obstetrician Jo Modder / Henson Gaye
• Commissioning Mike Millen
• IT Paul Ostro, Charles Lee
• Follow up Angela Huertas-Ceballos
• Research Nikki Robertson
• Users Gail Mc Connell (MSLC)

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Membership of the RD sub group

• Barnet Chase Farm Simon Roth
• Whittington Raoul Blumberg
• UCLH John Wyatt
• RFH Information Dominique Acolet
• GOS Quen Mok
• Obstetrician Donald Peebles / Lyn Chitty
• Nurse Rep Frances Greenall
• ICH Ruth Gilbert
• Neonatal surgery Agostino Pierro / Jo Curry

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I RD Projects

• Pan London Projects 2005- 2006
• SEND project neonatal database across nine
  networks 59 units
• Neonatal website launch date February 2006
• www.neonatal.org.uk
• NCL Projects
• Audit and analysis of TRPG figures
• Capacity plan for network development
• Network Transfer Audit one year from September
  2005
• Follow up Coordinator project initially
  sponsored for one year 05/06 then for review
• Audit of SCBU and length of stay,reason for
  admission to commence early 2006