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<p>Two factors have led to the increase in the number and rate of hospital episodes
for neonates. Firstly an increase in the numbers of extremely preterm children admitted
and surviving over the last 16 years, a trend that continues.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly,
there has been an increase in admission of babies born at full term. This is a factor
that has been recognised and that we are tackling through the Addressing Term Admissions
In Neonatal Units (ATAIN) programme. The ATAIN programme will support healthcare professionals
to improve outcomes for babies, mothers and families through the delivery of safer
care with a focus on four clinical areas: respiratory conditions; hypoglycaemia; jaundice;
and asphyxia (perinatal hypoxia-ischaemia). ATAIN aims to ensure that no baby is separated
from their mother unnecessarily by admission to the neonatal intensive care unit.</p><p>
</p><p>The following table shows the data supplied by hubs in the Clinical Commissioning
Group (CCG) Expenditure exercises which NHS England undertakes annually against the
NPoC (National Programme of Care) code E08 Neonatal Critical Care. This data covers
specialised services expenditure only and no data is held prior to 2013/14 when NHS
England came into being.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure
£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>721</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The financial values have been consolidated through the use of NPoC (National
Programme of Care) codes and are taken from our annual CCG expenditure exercise. This
exercise uses Provider Aggregate Contract Monitoring as the basis for the data; where
this data is incomplete hubs will apportion / estimate any missing values.</p>
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