GPCPC is disappointed that this strategy lacks ambition in perinatal care and women’s mental health
Useful Resources
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
RCGP Position statement on the role of the General Practitioner in Maternity Care (2017)
See the second half of this page for RCGP statements on the role of the GP in Maternity Care, including the most recent from 2017.
Final Report of the Ockenden Review (2022)
Findings, conclusions and essential actions from the independent review of maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
Letter in rapid responses to Helen Salisbury: Holding on to what makes general practice special (22nd September 2022)
Dr Clare Macdonald on behalf of GPCPC
The GP Infant Feeding Network UK (GPIFN UK)
A clinical resource on infant feeding for General Practitioners (GPs) working in the UK. The website was developed as an independent, voluntary project by UK GPs with assistance and input from colleagues working in infant feeding, maternity and early years.
The Breastfeeding Network: Drugs in Breastmilk Factsheets
Referenced factsheets compiled by the Breastfeeding Network’s Drugs in Breastmilk Information Service team of pharmacists.
MBRRACE-UK
A national audit programme commissioned by all UK governments to collect information about all late foetal losses, stillbirths, neonatal deaths and maternal deaths across the UK. The programme tracks information about where and why babies and mothers die every year. Click here for all MBRRACE-UK reports (maternal and perinatal).
MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care- Key messages from the report 2021
The 2021 MBRRACE report shows continued inequality in the mortality rates for women of different ethnic backgrounds, ages, and socio-economic circumstances.