A handbook to inform and support best clinical practice to be used in conjunction with the NIPE programme standards and NIPE screening pathways.
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
Three P’s in a Pod
An infographic to raise awareness that every other day a pregnant or recently pregnant woman dies in the UK and 2/3 of the deaths are due to medical or mental health conditions, not the pregnancy.
E-learning for Healthcare: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Maternal Health
E-learning from NHS England to support physicians and healthcare workers caring for pregnant and recently pregnant women. Please note this module was previously named ‘Medical Problems in Pregnancy’ (as cited by the Three P’s in a Pod infographic).
NICE Guideline [NG194] Postnatal care (2021)
This guideline covers the routine postnatal care that women and their babies should receive in the first 8 weeks after the birth.
NICE Quality Standard [QS37]: Postnatal care (updated 2022)
GPCPC contributed to the stakeholder stages of this Quality Standard and support and endorse it. It covers key areas for improvement in postnatal care, and Quality Statement 6 about the GP postnatal check for women is of particular relevance to primary care.
NHS Website: Your post-pregnancy body
NHS information about normal physical changes after birth.