Petition · Department of Health and Social Care
Introduce Mandatory Ventilator Safety Protocol for Neonates
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37 signatures
What the petition asks
Mandate a national safety protocol, to be known as "Rosie's Protocol", for the ventilation of newborn babies requiring cuffed endotracheal tube changes from an un cuffed Tube.
The protocol should require clinicians to safely reduce ventilator pressures before inflating a cuffed tube, to minimise the risk of sudden excessive airway pressure causing catastrophic lung injury. We believe this simple safety measure could help prevent avoidable deaths and serious harm to newborn babies and should become standard practice across the NHS.
Timeline
| 6 Aug 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
37
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
6 Aug 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 7 Aug 2026.