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Maternity services
NCT has polices and evidence-based information on:
• Antenatal care
• Midwifery care,
• Normal birth
• Choice of place of birth, including a report on the extent of choice
• Birth environment
• Postnatal care
• User involvement
• Reconfigurations of maternity services
Briefings and reports on a range of pregnancy and birth topics provides NCT policy and related evidence on home birth, midwife-led units and mode of birth, while baby feeding topics include briefings on the WHO Code, benefits of breastfeeding and formula feeding. Policy and evidence materials on public health, access and diversity issues include NCT policy on domestic abuse.
A number of shorter position statements are also available, as well as NCT's reviews of evidence, first published in NCT’s quarterly continuing professional development journal New Digest.
You may also be interested in government policy and documents from professionals bodies for the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and NICE clinical guidelines.
Related documents
- Substandard Care and Maternal Mortality NCT policy briefing
(PDF 48 Kb) - Substandard Care and Maternal Mortality NCT policy briefing
- NCT Briefing Appeals by HOSCs (updated with user advice) (PDF 33 Kb)
- NCT Briefing Appeals by HOSCs (updated with user advice)
- Involving Fathers in Maternity Care NCT policy briefing (PDF 122 Kb)
- Involving Fathers in Maternity Care NCT policy briefing
