The NICE guideline ‘Antenatal care: routine care for the healthy pregnant woman’ (NICE clinical guideline 62). The guideline has been developed in collaboration with the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
It is for professional groups who are routinely involved in the care of pregnant women, including midwives, GPs and primary care professionals who may encounter pregnant women with complex social factors in the course of their professional duties. It is also for those who are responsible for commissioning and planning healthcare and social services.
In addition, the guideline will be of relevance to professionals working in social services and education/childcare settings, for example school nurses, substance misuse service workers, reception centre workers and domestic abuse support workers. outlines the care that women should be offered during pregnancy. However, pregnant women with complex social factors may have additional needs.
This guideline sets out what health care professionals as individuals, and antenatal services as a whole, can do to address these needs and improve pregnancy outcomes in this group of women.
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