National Service Specifications

Over the recent years, maternity and neonatal services have undergone extensive review.  The priorities for change can be found in the following national documents:

• Filling the Gaps: A spotlight on Allied Health Professional, Psychological and Pharmacy Roles in Neonatal Care (Bliss) (2025)
• NHSE Neonatal Critical Care E08 Clinical Reference Group (CRG) (2024)
• National Reviews of Maternity and Neonatal Care: Supporting the perinatal team to implement recommendations - report (2023)
• BAPM - Service and Quality Standards for Provision of Neonatal Care in the UK (2022)
• Ockenden Report (2022)
• Neonatal GIRFT Workforce Report (2022)
• Neonatology GIRFT Report (2022)
• NHS England and NHS Improvement Implementing the Recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Transformation Review (2019)

Updated July 2025