The Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka identified the formulation of a comprehensive Neonatal Transport Service as a key priority area in 2013. The President of the Perinatal Society then Dr. Ramya de Silva, Consultant Paediatrician in Charge of the Neonatal Unit at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children (LRH), Colombo invited a team from Oxford to advice, train and contribute to the development of a national policy of the neonatal transport via pilot project based at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital in Colombo.