Table 1.

Categories of neonates who may be eligible for PC

Category	Criteria	Example of cases
1	Antenatal/postnatal diagnosis of a condition that is not compatible with long-term survival.	Bilateral renal agenesis anencephaly.
2	Antenatal/postnatal diagnosis of a condition which carries a high risk of significant morbidity or death.	Severe bilateral hydronephrosis with impaired renal function. Severe spina bifida.
3	Babies born at the margins of viability where intensive care has been deemed inappropriate.	Babies born at ≤23 weeks with bilateral haemorrhagic parenchymal infarct.
4	Postnatal clinical conditions with a high risk of severe impairment of quality of life and when the baby is receiving life support or may at some point require life support.	Severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy.
5	Postnatal conditions which result in the baby experiencing ‘unbearable suffering’ in the course of their illness or treatment.	Severe necrotising enterocolitis.

PC, palliative care.