Our neonatal service includes the Neonatal Unit – one of the country’s leading units specialising in the care of newborn babies.
About the Neonatal Unit
Our team of expert staff provides 24-hour care for premature and sick babies
The Neonatal Unit is divided into three areas:
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – provides support for babies with breathing problems and other specialist treatment needs
- High Dependency Unit (HDU) – provides support for babies who require less intensive care than babies in NICU, but are still not stable enough for care in the SCBU
- Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) – provides support for babies who need tube feeding, additional oxygen support and light therapy (phototherapy).
Research
We're a centre of excellence for neonatal research, in association with our academic partner, King’s College London.
Our newborn imaging centre is a clinical research facility within the neonatal intensive care unit. It is home to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, so that premature or sick babies have immediate access to imaging facilities. This also allows researchers to study this vulnerable group of infants.
Find out more in our patient information leaflet Neonatal research – information for parents and carers (PDF 136Kb).