NTC learning needs identified grouped into four common themes
| NTC theme | Key topics |
| Emergencies | Sepsis, preventing postnatal collapse and first on scene to a sick neonate simulations. |
| Conditions requiring investigation | Paediatric problems on postnatal wards (including babies with heart problems, tachypnoea, head swellings, vomiting, bowels not opening, sticky eyes, congenital anomalies, abnormal movements) and jaundice recognition and management. |
| Feeding | Common feeding difficulties, feeding plans, hypoglycaemia and nasogastric tube insertion and troubleshooting. |
| Monitoring of babies | Preventing complications in late preterms, thermoregulation, observations and frequency in different scenarios, identifying the deteriorating neonate and Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR) handovers. |
NTC, neonatal transitional care.