Transitional Care Physio Best Practice Doc July 2026

Job summary We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic dietitian to join our team due to an internal secondment. This role would suit an experienced Band 6

Neonatal Physiotherapy Special Interest Group We have launched a “Neonatal Physiotherapy Special Interest Group” workspace on Futures, jointly with APCP and National Physio ODN leads, which is a dedicated space

Dietitians Week (1 – 5 June) We hope that teams enjoyed celebrating Dietitians Week. The theme this year was ‘more than just a job’ and we shared a new infographic

The ODN is pleased to share that funding for the London Neonatal ODN Lead Pharmacist role has been confirmed, and Sian Gaze contract has now been extended through to March

Occupational Therapy Sarah is happy to be back from maternity leave and resuming her role alongside Jen as Joint Neonatal OT Lead for the London Network. Over 2025/6 the Neonatal

Work is underway to develop a profession-specific audit tool to support the Best Practice Document for Neonatal Allied Health Professionals. Stakeholder feedback will be sought ahead of a London pilot

We have had a fantastic response to our monthly Quick wins webinar series. These are short (30 minute) webinars on the third Wednesday of every month at 3pm. We've covered

We are pleased to introduce the updated London SCAMP PN guideline, revised by the London Neonatal Nutrition Group (LNNG) and ratified. The updated guideline can be found on the ODN

The LNNG is currently leading the reformulation of the London SCAMP PN in preparation for the upcoming London Procurement retender process, which will take effect from early 2027. As the

The South London Clinical Practice & Governance Group is delighted to share its newly developed guidance on routine micronutrient supplementation for neonates. Designed as a perinatal resource, this document supports

The ODN SLT leads have been preparing to teach on the AQIS course, ensuring nurses have knowledge and skills regarding developmentally supportive care and babies with a more complex feeding

SLT will be starting monthly virtual drop ins for unit SLTs navigating the new Identification tool.

London Neonatal SLTs met in March to discuss in-patient pathways to facilitate parents to support early language and communication needs at the neonatal stage. This has been a focus for

In January, we supported the National Neonatal OT ODN group in delivering a webinar for clinicians interested in pursuing a career in Neonatal Occupational Therapy.

The Pan-London Developmental Care Guideline is currently being finalised. Once complete, it will be circulated to the PAG and wider neonatal colleagues for consultation and feedback.

We have completed an audit tool with almost all neonatal units across London that currently do not have Occupational Therapy (OT) provision. We are now in the process of developing

We hosted a face-to-face Neonatal OT Peer Supervision session in February, which was very well received by attendees. Following positive feedback from the group, we are planning to run two

Don't forget that Bliss have a new video series that has been created for neonatal staff to explore the psychological impact of a neonatal stay and to delve deeper into the challenges

We are working on a huge number of documents which you will see coming through for consultation in the next few months. This includes the Identifying need document helping units

We continue to visit units for the Compassionate care conversations. For more information on what this involves please see our FAQ sheet The initial report on the conversations done so far

 Unpicking complexity in neonatal care webinar series. We had an excellent first session at the beginning of February on ethics and moral injury. The next webinar on 29th April is on

We are delighted with the update of our quick wins webinar series. These are 30 minute skills based webinars happening once a month. We aim for these to be practical and

BAPM delivered an excellent webinar on 5th March on management of babies with stomas. If you missed it, the recording can be viewed here Webinar: Management of the preterm infant

A prevention of future deaths report was published in January 2026, following the death of a premature infant at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. A newborn patient was wrongly prescribed sodium

There is currently a national shortage of potassium canrenoate injection. Various alternative imports are being considered but concerns have been raised about the practicality of dilution, as they are a

Fresenius Kabi have discontinued manufacture and distribution of 10% glucose + 0.18% sodium chloride 500mL bags. If you are a unit who routinely uses these bags as a maintenance fluid,

Most neonatal units do not routinely prescribe omeprazole liquid for managing reflux, but it is sometimes given to infants in surgical centres e.g. post-surgical TOF repair. It is worth noting

The RSV prophylaxis programme for 2025-26 has come to an end. No further doses of Nirsevimab should be administered beyond February 2026. The Bluteq form will remain available until 31

We are delighted with the update of our quick wins webinar series. These are 30 minute skills based webinars happening once a month. We aim for these to be practical

 For units who are switching to standard concentration morphine infusions, please get in touch (s.gaze@nhs.net) if you would be interested in purchasing ready-to-use morphine vials – a pharmaceutical company is considering manufacturing them

East of England ODN have developed a Neonatal Drug Infusion Calculator  which is free to access via their website - units who are starting to implement standard concentration infusions may find

Standard concentration infusions are being rolled-out in neonatal units all across the UK  (national framework: Microsoft Word - Standard Infusions Nov 2024 (Final) An e-learning pack is in development and will

Nirsevimab RSV prophylaxis has been rolled-out and has replaced palivizumab this winter season. Offered to more patients this year (all infants born < 32 weeks are now eligible) Main advantage

The NPPG Neonatology Specialist Interest Group have been busy working on an e-Learning pack (Baby Flamingo) for new neonatal pharmacists – is now live & free to access via

New 'quick wins' series of 30-minute skills based webinars. One per month on the 3rd Wednesday A series of webinars across the year looking at topics you've raised with us as

It has been a busy and fulfilling year for the psychological professionals. We have grown our workforce by recruiting to the unfilled Ockenden funded posts, and through some brilliant business

The RCSLT Identification Tool is a new resource developed by London ODN SLTs as part of a national OD SLT working party to support unit SLTs in identifying babies who

THH received a visit last month from their ODN SLT Lead. THH was one of the nine units to receive Ockenden funding for Speech and Language Therapy in London, enhancing

Hot Topics Webinar The LNNG look forward to welcoming you all to our next Hot Topics webinar on 8th October, 1-3pm. This free webinar is a must for dietitians, doctors,

We have recently published this document Outpatient-staffing-standards_psych_April2025-final.pdf  which lays out how the needs of infants and families should be met post-discharge. We will now be working to think with commissioners and

Support for families following a neonatal stay In the recent outreach survey the biggest thing mentioned by families was support around their wellbeing and mental health. In line with the

We have been running this training for a couple of years now and the evaluations are always excellent. People really value learning more about how to support families beter We

TRIM By the time you read this we will have held our Trauma risk management (TRIM) implementation workshop. This was a follow up after the training we offered to a

PIE meetings - making care safer We are currently setting up Psychologically informed care (PIE) meetings with all NCEL and SL units. These meetings are with the senior team on

Respiratory Management and Airway Clearance Guideline is now available. Thank you to all the MDT who contributed to the development of the guideline. We will soon be collaborating further on

While many of our key projects are still in development, here’s a look at what’s been keeping us busy and what’s coming next! Work in Progress – Strategic Projects Underway

We are delighted to share this guide which lays out best practice for allied health professionals, psychological professionals and pharmacists (AHPPPs) working in Neonatal Units in London. Key Points: •

Welcome to Milly Munn who is Joint Lead Neonatal Physiotherapist whilst Anna Lukens is on maternity leave. She covers North West and South London sectors  Read her Bio

SLT celebrated the dual qualification of Neonatal SLT and Lactation consultancy in their recent Pan London Neonatal SLT meeting with guest speakers Katie Cullinham (University Collage London Hospitals) and Annie

Following the publication of the UK national framework for recommended standard concentration IV drug infusions for neonates Standard Infusions Nov 2024  the London Neonatal ODN has agreed that it supports

Kerry Engelbrecht and Inês Malheiros have recently joined the team as Lead Occupational Therapists (OT) for the London Neonatal Network, covering maternity leave. Kerry supports the

A key focus for OT this year will be implementing a newly developed audit tool for neonatal units without OT provision. This tool aims to promote the OT role in

Physiotherapy leads are now doing more collaborative work with the neonatal physiotherapy committee within the APCP. This includes revision of the ‘good practice guide for neonatal physiotherapists’, education on the

The Phase 1 report of the London InFed project is now published. This scoping project highlights that over 40% of Infant Feeding Support hours across the network are unfunded, with

The psychology annual report is now out. In 2024 we provided course places for 70% of the psychological professionals working on, or supporting neonatal units. Those that did not take

The 3 year plan for maternity and neonates asks us to respond to families with compassion. To do this we first need to be compassionate to ourselves and each other,

Over the last year we have been working on benchmarking and reviewing the psychologically informed environment in neonatal units. This was helpful in giving us an initial sense of where

We continue to run Trauma informed care (TIC) training days. These days offer staff a one-day face to face training with our senior clinical psychologists, looking at how trauma affects

We have now trained 39 neonatal MDT members in Trauma risk management (TRIM) with 5 more to train in the next couple of months. This is a model which equips

Thank you to the 120+ staff members who attended our first LNNG Hot Topics webinar on 20th November, we hope you found it interesting and informative. And many thanks to our

Milly Munn is joining us on the 16th December to cover Anna’s maternity leave. She will be covering South London units and part of NW London. We are continuing to work

In November 2024, the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG) updated their ‘Standardising Intravenous Infusions for Neonates and Children in the UK’ publication (Standard-Infusions-Nov-2024-Final.pdf) to include many more recommended concentrations for

TRIM stands for Trauma Risk Management. It is a set model which trains staff up to respond to support their colleagues after a traumatic incident. We are offering free TRIM

It focuses on current and past trauma It asks us to hold in mind this trauma It is a model which asks us to respond to families and colleagues in

This is an approach which thinks about everything we do on our neonatal unit, and everyone who is involved on the unit, staff, families and babies. Psychologically informed care should

Congratulations to the great representation from neonatal OT at the Annual Neonatal AHP Conference in November – some excellent examples of fantastic practice and AHP quality improvement projects with Kings

Building on the work of the Health Education England Neonatal Speech and Language Therapy modules, London ODN SLT have been creating a new education offer for neonatal SLTs who are

Education & Training have been a big focus over the past quarter, with planning and teaching on the ANQiS course as well as in other national and international programs (e.g.

The physiotherapy leads are running the next face to face neonatal physiotherapy peer support day in October 2024, bringing together all the neonatal physios across London to network and discuss

We are bringing together the first part of the benchmarking of psychologically informed care which the hub psychologists have been doing across NCEL and South London. We will be sharing

The OT leads have created an audit tool to use with units with no OT provision. There is a plan to use the tool to promote the OT role on