Research in Neonatal Care

The purpose of Research is to gain new knowledge. This can be done in many different ways.

They may include :

• Trials of new treatments, for example controlled hypothermia for babies at risk of brain damage after a hypoxic ischemic episode in labour and delivery.
• Developing new medications
• Researching into the experiences of people working in the health service. This may include parents to gain further understanding of their experiences and use their insight to improve services.

The research may be done by doctors, nurses,midwives, academics and by consumer groups.

If you have a research project in NC London that you would like included in these pages please email a brief outline to :

louise.ribaudo@londonscg.nhs.uk

Many professional bodies have interests in research and there are many websites with specific research interests - a few are included below:

The National Neonatal Nurses Research group have a forum to encourage neonatal nursing research, with dissemination by study days and by encouraging publication

The website is www.npeu.ox.ac.uk

Nurses interested in joining the group may email to:

nurse.research@npeu.ac.uk


To access website links click on titles:

British Association of Paediatric Surgeons

British Association of Perinatal Medicine

Institute of Child Health

National Network of Research and Development Support Units

Clinical Research Network