Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a specialist intensive care unit with 42 cots based at the
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, in addition there are also bedrooms attached to the unit for the
use of parents wishing to stay overnight with their babies. We are one of three centres providing the
highest level of specialist neonatal, medical and surgical intensive care across the East of England
Neonatal Network. This means that we care for babies from our own area as well as from other
hospitals in the Eastern region that require a higher level of care which may be due to extreme
prematurity or because of a need for surgical or medical care for a specific condition.
We care for 900 babies a year, some may be with us for a few months while they grow and become
strong enough to go home, others may just need a few days support with feeding. Babies born with
specific problems may need surgery or complex medical care. Babies may start off in our Intensive Care
room and as they grow and improve will progress through to High Dependency and on the Special Care
rooms. When well enough to go home some babies and families will still need support and we are able
to provide this with our Outreach Team of nurses.
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund is a hospital
charity which helps fund projects that support the work of the NHS and works closely with supporters to
ensure that funds raised go directly to the area specified by you, in this case NICU.