There is a twelve cot Neonatal Unit (NNU) with two fully equipped intensive care cots. The NNU has been upgraded and re-equipped to provide a more efficient and comfortable working environment. The number of deliveries at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust continues to rise and is currently around 2,629 per year. The NNU is equipped with 2 Draegar patient-triggered ventilators and 4 high flow machines and nasal CPAP flow drivers, together with appropriate monitoring equipment, which includes facilities for CFM.
SN Karen Ransom is the manager for the NNU. There are close links with Level 3 Neonatal units at Rosie Maternity unit in Addenbrookes and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals. The unit is a designated Level 1 unit (30 weeks and above) and babies born less than 30 weeks are stabilised and retrieved by the PANDR (Transport team incorporating ANTS) 24/7. PANDR also provides advice and guidance for the management of sick babies.
The unit is equipped to provide high dependency for 4 babies, which includes providing high flow/nCPAP, TPN, ultrasound, and echocardiography. A retinopathy screening service is provided by the local ophthalmology team. There is a separate rota for General Paediatrics and the Neonatal unit during normal working hours, and at night and weekends, the junior rota covers for both.
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