News

Thank you very much to everyone that took part in our member survey In December 2020. The BAPM office and Executive Committee wanted to share a few of the key findings and outline some of the actions we are going to put in place in response to the suggestions received.

The National Guideline Alliance (NGA), on behalf of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), is looking to recruit committee members to develop a clinical guideline.

Professor Peter Dunn MA, MD, FRCP, FRCOG, FRCPCH, DCH, DObstet, RCOG
(1929 - 2021)

BAPM is looking to assemble a small group of ANNPs to assist with a Health Education England (HEE) project for the Centre for Advanced Practice (CfAP)

PHE Screening has now published an updated version of the NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Screening Programme clinical guidance handbook.

This BAPM Framework for Practice provides guidance on therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy. The framework covers case selection, parent / carer communication, recommendations for infants who fall outside of current criteria, investigations, network and transport implications, nursing care, prognostication, reorientation of care, follow-up, governance and future research.

BAPM have produced a letter that neonatal staff can share with their trust in support of unrestricted parental access to neonatal units.

MBRRACE-UK have released guidance on the 'Determination of signs of life following spontaneous births before 24+0 weeks of gestation where, following discussion with parents, active survival-focused care is not appropriate.'

BAPM is seeking members to join a working group on data and informatics.

BAPM is seeking members to join a working group to review BAPM's framework for Practice on ‘Fetal & Neonatal Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Clinical Indications, Acquisitions and Reporting’. The framework was first published in 2016 and includes recommendations on the following areas:

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit have announced a return to weekly surveillance of neonatal complications of coronavirus disease. 

A draft ANNP capability framework is now available for review on the BAPM website. 

Severe COVID-19 infection appears rare in newborn babies, suggests a new study.

The Commission on Human Medicines is looking to appoint five experts to the Paediatric Medicines Expert Advisory Group (PMEAG) in the following areas: 

Bliss have been writing letters to Trust CEOs in support of unrestricted parental access to neonatal units.

BPSU have announced a new study on the outcome of resuscitated term babies with no heart rate detected at 10 minutes of age.

The British Medical Association (BMA) have released a report on consultant workforce shortages and solutions.

A final version of the framework on 'Managing the Difficult Airway in the Neonate' has now been published on the BAPM website.

N3 are planning a virtual meeting to discuss research priorities in neonatal nutrition on January 20th 2021.

BAPM has issued a statement in response to the GIRFT workforce report.