SPM167400 | Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP) - general information: Neonatal Care Pay Period

NCPP is the period for which SNCP is payable.

The main features are:

• The NCPP is one week for every period of 7 days that the child is in receipt of neonatal care without interruption.

• in relation to each separate occasion that the child receives neonatal care, the first period of 7 days begins with the day after the day on which the neonatal care starts.

• it lasts for up to 12 complete weeks whether or not the employee intends to return to work for the liable employer after the child’s birth.

• it must end within 68 weeks of the child’s birth.

• it ends if the employee starts work for a new employer after the start of the NCPP.

• if an employee is entitled to SNCP from more than one employer each NCPP could be different

• the employee is excluded from SNCP for any weeks in which they are paid SSP

• the employee is excluded from SNCP for any week they are held in legal custody unless they are subsequently:

  • released without charge,

  • found not guilty and released, or

  • convicted of an offence but not given a custodial sentence

Legislation

Regulations 7, 10, 12, 13, and 23(4) of the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025.