Standards for Maternity Care - Report of a Working Party

THE WORKING PARTY
ABBREVIATIONS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION

STANDARD 1: Looking forward to pregnancy
STANDARD 2: Prepregnancy care for women with existing medical conditions or significant family or obstetric history
STANDARD 3: Access to maternity care
STANDARD 4: Early pregnancy services
STANDARD 5: Maternity booking and planning of care
STANDARD 6: Pre-existing medical conditions in pregnancy
STANDARD 7: Women with social needs
STANDARD 8: Pre-existin

g and developing mental health conditions in pregnancy
STANDARD 9: Antenatal screening
STANDARD 10: Routine antenatal care
STANDARD 11. Pregnancy-related conditions
STANDARD 12: Intrapartum care
STANDARD 13: Neonatal care and assessment
STANDARD 14: Postnatal assessment and care of the mother
STANDARD 15: Supporting infant feeding
STANDARD 16: Care of babies requiring additional support
STANDARD 17: Care of babies born prematurely
STANDARD 18: Promotion of healthy parent–infant relationships
STANDARD 19: Transition to parenthood
STANDARD 20: Supporting families who experience bereavement, pregnancy loss, stillbirth or early neonatal death
STANDARD 21: Choice and appropriate care
STANDARD 22: Communication
STANDARD 23: Training and professional competence
STANDARD 24: Documentation and confidentiality
STANDARD 25: Clinical governance
STANDARD 26: Development, implementation and review of local maternity services strategy
STANDARD 27: Maternity and neonatal networks
STANDARD 28: Child protection and safeguarding babies
STANDARD 29: Infection prevention and control
STANDARD 30: Staffing

REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1. Intrapartum care
APPENDIX 2. Source documents

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