Evaluating receipt of perinatal optimisation standards
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluating receipt of perinatal optimisation standards and neonatal outcomes
IRAS ID
345478
Contact name
Maria Quigley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Oxford
Duration of Study in the UK
4 years, 1 months, 31 days
Research summary
What we know?
The Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle has been developed by the NHS in England and provides doctors, nurses and midwives with standards on how to provide the best care for women and babies around the time of birth. Part of the Care Bundle explains how to provide the best care to babies born premature, and includes nine ‘care processes’ for babies born before 34 weeks. The care processes include things such as giving steroids to the mother before birth, giving antibiotics to the mother during birth, making sure the cord is clamped at the right time, and ensuring that maternal breast milk is given to the baby shortly after birth. These are based on previous research studies, but we don’t know how many preterm babies in England receive some or all of these care processes. We also don’t know if babies who receive these care processes in real-life care do better than babies that do not.What do we want to find out?
We want to:
1. Describe how many preterm babies receive all or some of seven care processes recommended in the Care Bundle.
2. Describe whether getting all or some of the care processes varies according to characteristics such as poverty or the ethnicity of the mother.
3. Describe whether the babies who receive all or some of the care processes have better neonatal outcomes.How will we do the research?
We will use data from the National Neonatal Research Database, which holds data collected as part of standard NHS care on preterm babies admitted to a neonatal unit in England. We will analyse which babies receive the care processes and how this is related to outcomes. We will be guided by researchers, parents who have had a preterm baby, and relevant organisations.REC name
London - Brighton & Sussex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/LO/0836
Date of REC Opinion
18 Nov 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion