Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 29 July 2024.
David Davis
Conservative, Goole and Pocklington
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of nurses are qualified in intensive neonatal care and work in high-risk neonatal units.
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Of the 3,898 registered nursing staff working in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, 2,251 have a qualification in specialty (QIS) for neonatal care. QIS-trained nurses are constantly supporting and directly supervising non-QIS-trained nurses in the day-to-day care of babies within low to high-risk neonatal units.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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