The Thames Valley & Wessex Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) Operational Delivery Network is one of 10 Paediatric Critical Care Networks across England. The Paediatric Critical Care Networks were created following an NHS England review of paediatric critical care and children’s surgery in 2019 which recognised that a new, networked model of care was required to support the long-term sustainability of these services, manage patient pathways and to ensure that children and young people are treated by experienced teams with the correct support and infrastructure. Further details on the role of Paediatric Critical Care Networks can be found on NHS England’s Paediatric Critical Care Clinical Network Specification.

The scope of Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) clinical networks includes all children and young people between the ages of 0-18 years in England, requiring paediatric critical care, whether specialised (level 2 and 3) or non-specialised (level 1), whether the commissioner is NHS England or one or more Integrated Care Boards (ICBs).