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Baby Care Units: Nurses

Asked by David DavisConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 July 2024UIN 30

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of nurses are qualified in intensive neonatal care and work in high-risk neonatal units.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Of the 3,898 registered nursing staff working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, 2,251 have a qualification in specialty (QIS) for neonatal care. QIS-trained nurses are constantly supporting and directly supervising non-QIS-trained nurses in the day-to-day care of babies within low to high-risk neonatal units.

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