Table 2 Breakdown of transfers by type of team carrying out the transfer during the census period. Data are n (%).

Transfer team	All transfers (n = 796)	Emergency (n = 382)	Elective (n = 346)	Short‐term (n = 68)
Neonatal transfer team	369 (46)	245 (64)	108 (31)	16 (24)
Paediatric transfer team	45 (6)	39 (10)	6 (2)	0 (0)
Source hospital	299 (38)	76 (20)	171 (49)	52 (76)
Destination hospital	73 (9)	19 (5)	54 (16)	0 (0)
Other	10 (1)	3 (1)	7 (2)	0 (0)

For 39 transfers, the team performing the transfer had not been recorded on the census forms.