Support safe discharge and effective home oxygen care
Join neonatal outreach nurses, discharge co-ordinators and service leads to explore practical approaches to managing home oxygen and supporting safe, timely discharge. Join Chantell Plummer-Gunning, Senior Neonatal Homecare Nurse at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, as she shares her experience and insight into assessing home oxygen eligibility, improving MDT discharge planning, managing oxygen weaning and preparing parents to care for their babies at home.
Book your place to develop your understanding of identifying babies suitable for home oxygen, planning discharge from admission and coordinating MDT care. Explore saturation studies, oxygen weaning before discharge and at home, and how family-integrated care can build parental confidence. Through interactive discussions, share your experience, compare practices and identify practical improvements to take back to your neonatal outreach service.
Improve clinical decision-making and build confidence in your neonatal outreach practice
Develop your knowledge and confidence in delivering effective home oxygen care, from establishing safe discharge criteria and coordinating MDT planning through to managing oxygen weaning and preparing families for care at home. Key learning outcomes include:
Share challenges and take away practical next steps
This interactive online workshop will help you reflect on your current home oxygen practices, learn from other neonatal outreach teams and identify practical ways to improve care and support safer discharge. Throughout the day, you will have the opportunity to:
Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please contact:
| 9.00 |
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
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| 9.30 |
Introduction, instructions and course leader’s opening remarks
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| Home oxygen eligibility | |
| 9.40 |
Establishing clear criteria for safe discharge on home oxygen
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| 10.10 |
Questions and answers with your course leader
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| 10.20 |
Interactive discussion: Overcoming challenges in assessing suitability for home oxygen
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| 10.40 |
Feedback from interactive discussion: Overcoming challenges in assessing suitability for home oxygen
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| 10.50 |
Screen break
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| Discharge pathways | |
| 11.00 |
Improving discharge planning through effective MDT working
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| 11.30 |
Questions and answers with your course leader
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| 11.40 |
Interactive discussion: Identifying opportunities to avoid discharge delays
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| 12.00 |
Feedback from interactive discussion: Identifying opportunities to avoid discharge delays
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| 12.10 |
Lunch break
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| Oxygen monitoring and weaning | |
| 12.40 |
Using saturation studies: optimising oxygen weaning processes before discharge and at home
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| 1.10 |
Questions and answers with your course leader
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| 1.20 |
Interactive discussion: Sharing approaches to safer and more consistent oxygen weaning
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| 1.40 |
Feedback from interactive discussion: Sharing approaches to safer and more consistent oxygen weaning
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| 1.50 |
Screen break
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| Preparing parents | |
| 2.00 |
Building parental confidence to manage home oxygen through family-integrated care
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| 2.30 |
Questions and answers with your course leader
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| 2.40 |
Interactive discussion: Turning learning into action to improve home oxygen care
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| 3.00 |
Feedback from interactive discussion: Turning learning into action to improve home oxygen care
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| 3.10 |
Course leader’s closing remarks
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| 3.20 |
Close of day
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Chantell Plummer-Gunning is a Senior Neonatal Homecare Nurse at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She is passionate about neonatal education, sharing knowledge and improving consistency in care across services. Chantell is a strong advocate for family-integrated care and the importance of involving parents from the earliest stages of their baby's neonatal journey. She is particularly interested in supporting effective discharge planning, building parental confidence and encouraging healthcare professionals to share practical experiences and approaches to improve neonatal care.
Senior Neonatal Homecare Nurse
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Discount policy: Only one offer applies per booking
Commercial places are available, please contact
Vanessa Jarman
for further information
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In-house training
Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call Sarah on 01732 897788.
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Certification of attendance
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Connect with neonatal outreach colleagues to share, compare and learn from each other
This online workshop is designed for professionals involved in managing home oxygen, supporting neonatal discharge and delivering care through neonatal outreach services. This includes, but is not limited to:
If you have a team that is 25 people or more, you can have a bespoke course delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.
This workshop builds on SBK Healthcare's series of neonatal events, supporting professionals to strengthen outreach services, improve discharge planning and share best practice in neonatal care. Previous delegates have valued the opportunity to learn from experienced speakers, compare approaches with other teams and take away practical ideas to improve their own services. Hear what previous attendees have said:
“I found it very useful to see what other NCOT services do and great to get advice and resources to use.”
Outreach Supported by Effective NICU Discharge Planning, September 2026
“Extremely useful with very practical advice and great content/topics.”
Rotunda Hospital, Expanding your Neonatal Community Service, May 2026
“Excellent day for all services whether they already have an outreach or not.”
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Expanding your Neonatal Community Service, May 2026
“Very interesting. Good topics. Great to talk to others from homecare across the country.”
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Expanding your Neonatal Community Service, May 2026
“This was a really good day, lots of information and good opportunities to share ideas.”
Outreach Supported by Effective NICU Discharge Planning, March 2026
“Very informative and lots of feedback from different units on how they effectively plan discharge with information that I can take back to my unit and outreach team.”
Outreach Supported by Effective NICU Discharge Planning, March 2026
“Small group session worked well and allowed open discussion of differing experiences and was a useful insight into what other services different hospitals are offering.”
Delivering Neonatal IV Antibiotics at Home, 2025
“Good, very thought provoking- good content, references and opportunity for open discussion and sharing of practice”
Neonatal Nasogastric Tube Feeding Online Workshop, March 2023
“Very interesting, informative course. I have taken so much from this session. Many Thanks”
Neonatal Nasogastric Tube Feeding Online Workshop, March 2023
“Very useful & encouraging information sharing.”
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Enhancing Neonatal Palliative Care Pathways, February 2023
“A lot gained from how other teams work.”
Derian House Children's Hospice, Enhancing Neonatal Palliative Care Pathways, February 2023
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