Neonatal Follow-Up Clinics play a crucial role in ensuring that medically complex infants receive coordinated developmental, nutritional, neurologic, and family support after NICU discharge. This session explores how structured follow-up reduces long-term disability, improves early intervention access, and strengthens family confidence during the vulnerable post-discharge months.

Clinicians and program leads increasingly attend an Neonatology Conference to learn how to design, staff, and maintain high-quality follow-up services. This session reviews eligibility criteria for follow-up clinics, including preterm infants, infants with low birth weight, congenital anomalies, ECMO survivors, neonatal hypoglycaemia, HIE, and complex surgical conditions. Participants will examine developmental screening tools, feeding assessments, growth monitoring, respiratory evaluations, and parent-infant interaction assessments used during follow-up visits.

A major theme is strengthening pediatric neonatal follow-up pathways through coordinated care, interdisciplinary communication, and standardised assessment frameworks. Case examples demonstrate how follow-up clinics detect early red flags for motor delays, cognitive differences, sensory concerns, behavioural risks, and feeding challenges. The session also explores how to integrate family-centred care, including caregiver mental-health screening, transition planning, and support for sleep, nutrition, and early-learning environments.

Attendees will analyse how telehealth, community health workers, and home-visiting programmes enhance follow-up attendance and reduce access barriers. Emphasis is placed on equity, ensuring that preterm infants in rural or underserved regions receive timely evaluations. By the end of the session, participants will have practical tools for building, improving, or scaling neonatal follow-up programmes.