Maternity: Guides and practice

This page shows the latest 15 resources to be added to the Maternity guides and practice section of the site. New resources are added as they are published.

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• No Alcohol No Risk – FASD information for midwives
  This 26-minute film explains the risks of drinking alcohol in pregnancy, while following a birth mother with a child with suspected foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a midwife, and a pregnant woman who is drinking ...
  
  Publisher: National Organisation for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome UK (NOFAS-UK)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• First Steps Nutrition Trust
  First Steps Nutrition Trust provides evidence based information and resources about the importance of good nutrition from pre-conception to 5 years. It is a new charity established by Dr Helen Crawley, a dietitian and re ...
  
  Publisher: First Steps Nutrition Trust
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Sepsis following Pregnancy, Bacterial (Green-top 64b)
  The purpose of this guideline is to provide guidance on the management of sepsis in the puerperium (i.e. sepsis developing after birth until 6 weeks postnatally), in response to the findings of the Centre for Maternal an ...
  
  Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Sepsis in Pregnancy, Bacterial (Green-top 64a)
  The need for a guideline on the management of sepsis in pregnancy was identified by the 2007 Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths. The scope of this guideline covers the recognition and management of serious bacteri ...
  
  Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• ISIS - Infant Sleep Information Source
  The aim of ISIS is to provide online access to up-to-date research-based evidence about infant sleep, in forms which are accessible to parents and health professionals, supported by references to research relevant to fam ...
  
  Publisher: Infant Sleep Information Source (ISIS)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Mood disorders during pregnancy and after the birth of your baby
  The booklet aims to make women and their families aware of the treatment and care they should expect to receive if they have a mood disorder during pregnancy and after the birth of their child.
  
  Publisher: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Little kids, big questions: a Zero to Three podcast series on early childhood development
  Each podcast in this series features an interview with an expert focussing on the application of research on early childhood development to daily interactions with babies and toddlers. It addresses some of the most commo ...
  
  Publisher: Zero to Three
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Supervisors of midwives: How they can help you
  New NMC information heading to nearly every new mum in the UK
  
  Publisher: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Knowledge for neonatal nursing practice: a self-directed learning programme
  A web-based, interactive resource that guides the learner through a range of topics related to neonatal care, by suggested reading and enquiry in conjunction with self-testing quizzes
  
  Publisher: City University
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Guideline No 127: Management of perinatal mood disorders
  The guideline will be of interest to midwives, health visitors, clinical psychologists, community mental health services, general practitioners, pharmacists, obstetricians and psychiatrists, with other community agencies ...
  
  Publisher: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Improving safety in maternity services: A toolkit for teams
  Improving Safety in Maternity Services: a toolkit for teams is organised around five key areas for improvement in maternity care on which the teams focused: teamworking communication training information and guidance ...
  
  Publisher: Kings Fund
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• First steps towards quality improvement: simple guide to improving services
  This publication is aimed at all healthcare professionals. It provides information, tools, resources and practical examples taken from the NHS Improvement project sites and support needed to guide the first steps towards ...
  
  Publisher: NHS Improvement
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Repeat blood spot samples: information sheets (for health professionals and for parents)
  Occasionally the newborn screening laboratories need to ask for a repeat blood spot sample. The UK Newborn Screening Programme Centre has produced information sheets for health professionals and parents that explain why ...
  
  Publisher: UK Newborn Screening Programme Centre
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• London maternity profiles
  These profiles give a local maternity picture for each London borough and finds that key NHS messages over the past few years are helping babies to have a healthier start in life although there is variation between areas ...
  
  Publisher: London Health Programmes
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Neonatal jaundice : Evidence Update March 2012
  Evidence Updates provide a regular, often annual, summary of selected new evidence published since the literature search was last conducted for the accredited guidance they update.
  
  Publisher: NHS Evidence
  Published Date: 2012