Covers the routine antenatal care that women and their babies should receive. It aims to ensure that pregnant women are offered regular check‑ups, information and support.
Antenatal Care
There are a huge number of respected books/websites/papers on perinatal care. Below is a selection of texts, including documents produced by GPCPC that may be useful for both GPs and patients or their families.
We will try to keep this list up-to-date. If there is anything that you think should be added, updated or changed please contact info@gpcpc.co.uk
NICE Quality Standard [QS22]: Antenatal care (updated 2023)
Covers the routine antenatal care that women and their babies should receive in pregnancy. Describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. GPCPC was a stakeholder in the update of this Quality Standard and endorses these standards.