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: 25/04/2012
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: 25/04/2012
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: 02/04/2012
Report on the statutory supervision of midwives in the UK containing the analysis of the annual report received from every local supervising authority (LSA) in the UK for the practice year 2010-2011. LSAs are impartial ...
Publisher: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Published Date: 03/01/2012
This clinical guideline updates and replaces NICE clinical guideline 13 (published April 2004). It offers evidence-based advice on the care of women who: have had a caesarean section in the past and are now pregnant agai ...
Publisher: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Published Date: 22/11/2011
This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the care of women with multiple pregnancies (twins and triplets) in the antenatal period.
Publisher: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Published Date: 28/09/2011
The purpose of this guideline is to describe the management of pregnant women with sickle cell disease (SCD). It will include preconceptual screening and antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal management. It will not cover ...
Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Published Date: 26/07/2011
Mental illness makes a significant contribution to maternal deaths. This document highlights the role of maternity services in the early identification of high-risk women and assessment of current illness, and describes ...
Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Published Date: 09/06/2011
This document contains guidance for commissioners in improving the uptake rate of existing infant hepatitis B immunisation programmes for newborns who are at risk of hepatitis B infection. It should be considered as supp ...
Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
Published Date: 18/04/2011
The Royal College of Midwives working with NHS Diabetes have developed a standards document which comprises an agreed role specification and a standards and competency framework for the LMD role. This can be used by mate ...
Publisher: Royal College of Midwives (RCM)
Published Date: 23/02/2011
The Department of Health, with support from the Baby Friendly Initiative, has produced two breastfeeding care pathways for mothers and health professionals. This publication is a one-sheet reference guide for health prof ...
Publisher: UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative
Published Date: 16/11/2010
The development of this checklist has been undertaken as a collaborative project between the NPSA and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
This checklist is adapted from the WHO surgical safety chec ...
Publisher: National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
Published Date: 11/11/2010
Provides a good practice framework for researchers who, due to the nature of their study, are limited to obtaining a valid consent for participation in research while in labour or in the immediate postpartum period.
Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Published Date: 27/09/2010
This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the care and treatment of women who have or are at risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure) in pregnancy. It contains advice on the diagnosis and manag ...
Publisher: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Published Date: 25/08/2010
This document is aimed mainly at those responsible for implementing the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) maternity standards. It highlights the many chall ...
Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Published Date: 05/02/2010
RCOG working party report, the audit indicators and the standards database can be downloaded
Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Published Date: 01/06/2008
The purpose of this guidance from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, is to urge all maternity units to consider the use of the Maternity Dashboard to plan and improve their maternity services.
Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Published Date: 29/02/2008
The joint document, Safer Childbirth: Minimum Standards for the Organisation and Delivery of Care in Labour, provides clear and concise information about the roles and essential minimum staffing levels required to suppor ...
Publisher: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Published Date: 10/10/2007
This booklet contains the rules and standards for midwifery and statutory
supervision of midwives. It also provides guidance on the interpretation of
those rules and standards. This replaces the previous Midwives rules ...
Publisher: Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
Published Date: 01/08/2004
Published in 2001 by the British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM), this is an update to the original 1995 edition.
Publisher: British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM)
Published Date: 01/12/2001