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Table 1 An overview of the OUs involved in the Focus Group research

From: What factors influence midwives to provide obstetric high dependency care on the delivery suite or request care be escalated away from the obstetric unit? Findings of a focus group study

Obstetric Unit

Range of births per annum

Neonatal care facilitiesa

Number of delivery beds

Number of OHDC rooms

H

1500–1900

Special Care Unit (SCU)

5

0

I

4000–4500

Local Neonatal Unit (LNU)

9

0, but OHDC equipment available and taken to the bedside

J

Approximately 5000

Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU)

10

1

  1. aUK SCUs provide care for neonates who require additional care and possibly some high dependency care, usually around or after 32 weeks gestation. LNUs provide high dependency / short-term intensive care for neonates born around 28–32 weeks gestation. Neonatal intensive care units admit the sickest and most preterm neonates