Chapter
Chapter 2
Developing and implementing a local maternity services strategy: the clinical director’s role
Developing a maternity services strategy
Perspective of women using maternity services
Policies standards and regulation
Putting the strategy into action
Governance and risk management
Chapter 3
Prepregnancy services for women with social needs
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 4
Access to early pregnancy care
Why is antenatal care important?
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Quality indicators and quality accounts
Service modelling and care pathways
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 5
Antenatal fetal abnormality screening
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 6
Antenatal care for low-risk pregnancy
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 7
Antenatal care for women with pre-existing medical, obstetric or mental health conditions
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 8
Antenatal care for women developing medical or obstetric problems during pregnancy
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 9
Managing risk in antenatal care
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling/care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 10
Intrapartum care for women assessed as low risk in labour
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 11
Intrapartum care for high-risk pregnancies
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Staffing, manpower planning and training
Service modelling and care pathways
Chapter 12
Obesity in pregnancy
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Services and care required for women who are obese before and during pregnancy
Service models and clinical care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 13
Prevention of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
What women want (surveys and commissioning advice)
National and clinical guidance
Special issues related to service delivery
Chapter 14
Risk management on the labour ward
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 15
Place of birth
Risk assessment, workforce, cost and other factors
Service modelling and care pathways
Chapter 16
High-risk pregnancy and neonatal services
Neonatal complications of high-risk pregnancy
Thyroid conditions during pregnancy
Maternal epilepsy during pregnancy
Heart disease during pregnancy
Mental health concerns during pregnancy
Illicit drug use during pregnancy
Concerns regarding safeguarding
Chapter 17
Anaesthesia service provision for maternity services
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 18
Postnatal care
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Chapter 19
Supporting families who experience adverse outcomes during pregnancy
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Service modelling and care pathways
Special issues related to service delivery
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 20
The maternity dashboard
Potential uses of a maternity dashboard
National guidance and clinical guidelines
Design and contents of the maternity dashboard
What to do with the dashboard
Staffing and manpower planning
Chapter 21
Commissioning for regional maternity services: an example from the East of England
Translating the vision into action
Key areas of work and achievements
Chapter 22
Key indicators
Prepregnancy care for women with social needs
Access to early pregnancy care
Antenatal fetal abnormality screening
Antenatal care for low-risk pregnancies
Antenatal care for women with pre-existing medical, obstetric or mental health conditions
Antenatal care for women developing medical or obstetric problems during pregnancy
Managing risk in antenatal care
Intrapartum care for low-risk pregnancies
Intrapartum care for high-risk pregnancies
Prevention of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
Risk management on the labour ward
High-risk pregnancy and neonatal services
Anaesthesia service provision for maternity services
Supporting families who experience adverse outcomes during pregnancy
Commissioning for regional maternity services
Models of Care in Maternity Services
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