Question
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S6W-23798 · Written Question · lodged by Baillie, Jackie
Lodged on
11 Dec 2023Heard / answered on
29 Dec 2023To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Ambulance Service will have its (a) funding and (b) capacity levels increased to enable the transfer of critically ill premature babies, and, if so, between which neonatal facilities, and by how much.
The answer
I refer the member to the answer to S6W-23794 on 29 December 2023. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .
As part of the next phase of the work Scottish Government have commissioned Consulting firm RSM-UK to undertake detailed modelling work to fully map the capacity requirements across the system to inform capacity building and implementation of the new model.
The Scottish Ambulance Service will be included as part of the modelling work. We expect that mothers in threatened extreme early labour, or those whose babies will need surgery, will be identified pre-birth and will birth in the maternity unit alongside the NICU. The Perinatal Network has been leading some work, and recently published guidance on transfer in these cases.
As part of the next phase of the work Scottish Government have commissioned Consulting firm RSM-UK to undertake detailed modelling work to fully map the capacity requirements across the system to inform capacity building and implementation of the new model.
The Scottish Ambulance Service will be included as part of the modelling work. We expect that mothers in threatened extreme early labour, or those whose babies will need surgery, will be identified pre-birth and will birth in the maternity unit alongside the NICU. The Perinatal Network has been leading some work, and recently published guidance on transfer in these cases.
Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 Dec 2023.