PLEASE NOTE - This framework is currently being revised to reflect the latest data. Please contact BAPM for more information if needed.
The purpose of this Framework for Practice is to assist decision-making relating to perinatal care and preterm delivery at 26 weeks and 6 days of gestation or less in the United Kingdom.
This framework was developed in collaboration with Bliss, BMFMS, MBRRACE-UK, the NNA, RCOG, RCPCH and Sands.
BMJ Podcast
A discussion of the BAPM framework for practice on management of babies <27 weeks' gestation, the editorial and viewpoint published in the May edition of the journal. ADC Fetal and Neonatal’s Associate Editor Jonathan Davis talks to Dr Helen Mactier, Consultant Neonatologist and President British Association of Perinatal Medicine; Dr Annie Janvier, Pediatrics and Clinical Ethics, University of Montreal, Canada; and Dr Dominic Wilkinson, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, UK.