PERIPrem Celebration Event – May 2026

Join our PERIPrem celebration event on Thursday 7 May 2026 at Taunton Cricket Ground, 10am-4pm.

PERIPrem is a unique perinatal care bundle of 11 interventions which have demonstrated a significant impact on brain injury and mortality rates amongst babies born prematurely here in the South West. PERIPrem has taken a multidisciplinary approach across maternity and neonatal services, bringing together teams to drive forward and revolutionise care for pre-term babies.

PERIPrem has been launched and implemented for over five years as a collaboration between Health Innovation West of England and Health Innovation South West with all of the maternity and neonatal units across the region.

This special event brings together the neonatal teams, maternity professionals, and quality‑improvement leaders from across the region for a day of learning, inspiration, and collaboration. Join us for this celebration and to showcase the excellent collaborative working improving outcomes for babies and families.

Event highlights:
– Educational sessions: hear from PERIPrem leading clinicians and researchers shaping the future of neonatal care. Sessions will explore the latest evidence, emerging best practices, and real‑world impact of PERIPrem interventions.
– Showcase of quality improvement initiatives: discover how teams across the South West and West of England have transformed care through PERIPrem’s bundle of interventions. Learn from practical case studies, shared challenges, and measurable successes.
– Collaboration and networking: Connect with colleagues from across the region in a supportive, energising environment. Build relationships, exchange ideas, and strengthen the collective commitment to delivering outstanding care for preterm infants.

Agenda:

• Welcome
  Speaker: Ann Remmers, Professor Karen Luyt and Dr Sarah Bates
• PERIPrem’s Five‑Year Impact: A Celebration of Regional Excellence
  Speakers: Professor Karen Luyt Clinical-academic Neonatologist and strategic clinical lead for PERIPrem and Dr Sarah Bates Neonatal Operational Clinical Lead, consultant Neonatologist Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Evaluating the SWIFT Service: Outcomes and Insights for the Right Place of Birth
  Speaker: Pippa Griew Maternity and Neonatal Programme Lead NHS England – South West
• PERIPrem: Lived Experience and Thriving Through the Care Pathway
  Speaker: Lauren Burden 
• Communication with parents experiencing pre‑term birth
  Speaker: Lyndsay Andrews Neonatal lead MNVP Somerset and BNSSG
• Anti Racism in Preterm Birth Optimisation: reducing patient safety risk for women birthers and babies racialised as Black
  Speakers: BNSSG LMNS and BMM
• Optimal Cord Clamping Excellence: Improving Outcomes for Pre‑Term Babies in the South West
  Speaker: Dr Tracey Kay Obstetric and gynaecology consultant RDUH
• Panel discussion on quality improvement in pre‑term optimisation 

• Awards and Celebrations for Trust achievements 

Lunch is included.

Please share with other interested colleagues interested in pre-term optimisation.

If you have any questions or further information required please email Senior Project Manager Angie on angela.willis5@nhs.net.