About the Acute Neonatal Transport Service

The Acute Neonatal Transport Service (ANTS) is based in Cambridge and provides day time (08:00-22:00) neonatal transport cover to the East of England, a region encompassing six counties, covering approximately twenty two thousand square kilometres, spanning three neonatal networks and serving a population of 5.4 million, with an annual birth rate of approximately 62,000. There are 18 hospitals in the region with facilities for neonatal intensive care, 3 of which have designated tertiary status.

The service comprises of a cot bureau, dedicated transport nurses, advanced nurse practitioners, specialist registrars and a consultant neonatologist. Staff are experienced in neonatal intensive care and have received training in working within the transport environment.