Neonatal Transport Service | Specialist Air & Ground Transfers

SkyCare provides a specialist neonatal transport service for premature babies, newborns and infants who need carefully coordinated medical transfer in the UK or internationally. Our neonatal air ambulance and ground ambulance teams support hospital-to-hospital transfers with experienced clinicians, specialist transport incubators and equipment selected for neonatal intensive care.

Available 24/7, the service is designed for families, hospitals, case managers and organisations arranging the safe movement of a newborn who may require continuous monitoring, oxygen therapy, ventilation or other advanced clinical support during the journey.

Specialist Neonatal Air Ambulance and Ground Transport

Neonatal transfers require a different level of planning from a standard patient journey. SkyCare coordinates the medical team, aircraft or road ambulance, hospital liaison, airport handling and onward transfer as one connected journey, helping reduce unnecessary handovers and delays.

Depending on the baby’s condition, location and receiving hospital, a transfer may be completed by neonatal air ambulance, specialist ground ambulance, or a combination of both. For international cases, our medical operations team can coordinate the full bed-to-bed transfer between the referring hospital and the receiving neonatal unit.

Our neonatal teams may include consultant-level neonatal doctors, neonatal nurses and critical care clinicians with experience in transporting fragile patients. Each mission is planned around the baby’s clinical needs and the requirements of the referring and receiving medical teams.

Neonatal Intensive Care Equipment During Transport

Our neonatal transport capability includes specialist incubator systems, physiological monitoring, oxygen therapy, ventilation support and emergency medication where clinically required. Equipment and staffing are selected for each individual transfer so that the baby can receive continuous care throughout the journey.

Where an air ambulance is required, we coordinate the clinical transfer from hospital to airport, the medical flight itself and the receiving ground ambulance at destination. This creates a structured bed-to-bed neonatal transfer rather than leaving families or hospitals to coordinate multiple providers separately.

Learn more: Neonatal Air Ambulance Service.

Supporting Lia’s Wings Neonatal Missions

SkyCare is proud to support Lia’s Wings, the UK charity helping critically ill babies and children access specialist treatment when they need to travel for care. SkyCare continues to be recognised as a trusted air ambulance and medical transport partner supporting Lia’s Wings missions.

Our involvement can include specialist neonatal clinicians, medical equipment and operational coordination for complex transfers, helping ensure continuity of care from the referring hospital through to the receiving clinical team.

Find out more about Lia’s Wings and its work supporting families.

Who We Can Support

• Private families arranging urgent or planned neonatal medical transport
• NHS and private hospitals coordinating specialist neonatal transfers
• Embassies, insurers and assistance companies managing international medical cases
• Charities and case managers requiring experienced neonatal transport support

24/7 Neonatal Medical Transport Coordination

Every neonatal case is different. Before arranging transport, our medical and operations teams review the baby’s condition, current hospital, destination, required clinical support and the most appropriate method of transfer.

If you need a neonatal transport service in the UK, Europe or internationally, SkyCare can coordinate the journey from the first medical discussion through to hospital handover.

Call our 24-hour medical operations team on +44 (0)203 150 3999 or email ops@skycare.uk.