Optimising Home Oxygen in Neonatal Outreach Teams
Wed 10 Mar 2027 09:00-15:20
Online Course, 5 CPD hours

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.

Gain practical insights

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:

  • Establish clear home oxygen eligibility criteria based on gestation, oxygen flow rates and frequency of home visits
  • Start discharge planning from admission to improve coordination and avoid unnecessary delays
  • Strengthen MDT working and make better use of transitional care and rooming-in
  • Understand the role of saturation studies in assessing oxygen requirements and informing weaning decisions
  • Improve oxygen weaning practices both on the neonatal unit and at home
  • Build parental confidence in managing home oxygen through early involvement, education and family-integrated care
Live online learning

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:

  • Connect online with colleagues working across neonatal outreach, neonatal care and discharge services
  • Take part in guided discussions on home oxygen eligibility, discharge planning, oxygen weaning and preparing parents for care at home
  • Share challenges and compare approaches to managing home oxygen, learning from the experiences of other neonatal teams
  • Ask questions and gain practical guidance from Chantell Plummer-Gunning throughout the day
  • Take away realistic next steps to improve consistency in home oxygen care, strengthen discharge practices and support families within your service
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 contact:

Sarah
Sarah Kemm
Production and Partnerships