PremPath scoping interviews

The PremPath study was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Policy Research Programme (NIHR204242) between April 2023 and June 2025. The perinatal optimisation pathway brings together a number of evidence-based interventions to reduce the risk of neonatal death and associated preterm morbidities. This project was commissioned to examine how the pathway is working in practice. We aimed to explore how multiple clinical teams work together to make decisions about the optimisation and stabilisation of preterm infants and to explore the experiences of staff delivering the pathway, and parents and families receiving care. We took a qualitative approach: this resource comprises scoping interviews with 40 staff (Patient Safety Collaborative workstream leads and regional leaders) working in twelve of the fifteen regions in England. Tow of the interviews involved two members of staff.