Removing barriers to effective care of infants with necrotising enterocolitis

There is considerably more information and support for parents of premature babies than there used to be, yet few hospitals in the UK provide written information on necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). The lack of appropriate definitions and data sets for NEC have been considerable barriers to improving understanding and outcomes, yet so has inertia. It is heartening that efforts to change this have been gathering pace and that more people than ever are working and collaborating to overcome this dreaded disease.