Neonatal Care Leave & Pay Policy - April 2025
In this section
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Scope
- 3. What is Neonatal Care?
- 4. Eligibility for Neonatal Care Leave
- 5. Amount and Timing of Leave
- 6. Notice Requirements
3. What is Neonatal Care?
Neonatal care leave is designed to assist new parents of babies who are admitted into neonatal care.
In this policy, neonatal care means:
• medical care that your child receives in a hospital.
• medical care that your child receives in any other place providing:
- your child was previously admitted to a hospital as an inpatient and needs continuing care after leaving the hospital.
- the care is under the direction of a consultant; and
- the care involves ongoing monitoring and visits from healthcare professionals arranged by the hospital where your child was an inpatient; or
• palliative or end-of-life care.