About NNAP
The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) assesses whether babies admitted to neonatal units receive consistently high-quality care in relation to the NNAP audit measures that are aligned to a set of professionally agreed guidelines and standards. The NNAP also identifies variation in the provision of neonatal care at local unit, regional network and national levels and supports stakeholders to use audit data to stimulate improvement in care delivery and outcomes.
The audit reports key outcomes of neonatal care, measures of optimal perinatal care, maternal breastmilk feeding, parental partnership, neonatal nurse staffing levels and other important care processes.
The summary report includes a Results at a glance page, and a useful infographic that you can see and download below. Additional resources include Your baby's care, the parent guide to the annual report (further details below), and unit specific posters.
The summary report and other resources can be downloaded below.
Further information and resources
- Results at a glance infographic - available as a stand-alone document.
- Extended analysis report on 2023 data - provides in-depth results and a summary of findings by audit measure, along with next steps and resources.
- Next steps and resources for improvement - neonatal services and Trusts/Health Boards can access their full results at the unit and network level, interactive reporting tools and unit posters on the Restricted Access Dashboard and Public Access Dashboard.
- Data line of sight table - describes the evidence base for the recommendations made in this report. Download the data line of sight table below.
- Recommendations from NNAP summary reports on 2018 - 2022 data - collates all recommendations made in NNAP summary reports on 2018 - 2022 data.
You can download these resources below.
Further information about the background, aims, and scope of the NNAP is available on our page, About the NNAP.
Data from audit years 2010 - 2022
You can view data from all the previous audit years here.
For parents and families
Your baby's care is the parent and carer guide to the annual report, and has been updated to cover 2023 data.
The guide covers the NNAP measures most relevant to parents and carers, as chosen by parents and carers of preterm babies, supported by neonatologists. It includes images and quotes from parents and carers of preterm babies who received neonatal care. We encourage neonatologists and paediatricians to share it with parents.
You can find out more about how we use information about babies experiencing neonatal care and their mothers on our Your baby's information page.