BAPM Webinar: Recommended Medical Workforce Standards for LNUs & SCUs in the UK

This webinar supports the launch of the updated Framework for Practice on Recommended Medical Workforce Standards for Local and Special Care Neonatal Units in the UK.

This framework provides recommendations on the optimal medical workforce arrangements for Local Neonatal Units (LNU) and Special Care Units (SCU) in the UK using current activity patterns and medical workforce models.

The document is aimed at individuals, organisations and government bodies involved in the provision, planning and commissioning of neonatal care and its medical staffing.

This document is an update to the 2018 framework. This updated guidance offers a strategic framework for optimising medical workforce arrangements, ensuring LNU and SCU are adequately equipped to deliver safe, high-quality, and family-integrated care in an increasingly demanding healthcare environment.

Programme

• Introduction to the Framework - David Bartle, BAPM LNU/SCU Representative
• Framework methodology/rationale behind recommendations - Nazakat Merchant, LNU Consultant & Framework group member
• Workforce recommendations – nuts and bolts - Sankara Narayanan, LNU Consultant & Framework group chair
• Framework recommendations & frontline realities ANNP perspective - Genevieve Glover, ANNP & Framework group member
• Governance and oversight for implementation - Wendy Tyler, LNU Consultant & 2018 Framework group chair
• Panel Q&A: Bringing it all together - Chaired by Sankara Narayanan

Preliminary programme, subject to change

Tickets

Please register in advance.

Date: 21 January 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Location: Online - Teams webinar

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