Current Guidelines

National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines

The following guidelines and quality standards issued by NICE relate to ante-natal, intrapartum and postnatal care.

NG126 -Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial management (updated November 2021)

Guidance on Valproate in women and girls of childbearing years (updated March 2019)

CG154 – Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage (updated November 2020)

QS22 – Quality standard for antenatal care (updated April 2016)

CG149 – Antibiotics for the prevention and treatment of early-onset neonatal infection (Issued: August 2012)

CG62 – Antenatal care: quick reference guide (updated February 2019)

CG156 – Routine antenatal anti-D prophylaxis for women who are rhesus D negative  (Issued August 2008)

CG190 – Intrapartum Care for healthy women and babies (Updated February 2017)

CG62 – Antenatal care: Routine care for the healthy pregnant woman (updated February 2019)

• 1.1 Woman-centred care and informed decision-making
• 1.2 Provision and organisation of care
• 1.3 Lifestyle considerations
• 1.4 Management of common symptoms of pregnancy
• 1.5 Clinical examination of pregnant women
• 1.6 Screening for haematological conditions
• 1.7 Screening for fetal anomalies
• 1.8 Screening for infections
• 1.9 Screening for clinical conditions
• 1.10 Fetal growth and well-being
• 1.11 Management of specific clinical conditions

QS109 – Diabetes in Pregnancy (Issued: January 2016)

NG4 – Safe Midwifery Staffing for Maternity Settings (Issued: February 2015)

QS98 – Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition (Issued: July 2015)

QS105 Intrapartum Care (updated February 2017)

NG25 – Preterm Labour and Birth (updated August 2019)

QS115 – Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health (Issued: February 2016)

DG23 – PIGF-based testing to help diagnose suspected pre-eclampsia (Issued: May 2016)

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) Guidelines

Information for you leaflets:

• Your baby’s movements in pregnancy, February 2019
• Epilepsy in pregnancy, November 2020

RCOG Green-top guidelines:

• Small-for-Gestational-Age Fetus, Investigation and Management (No. 31) March 2013
• Care of Women Presenting with Suspected Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes from 24+0 Weeks of Gestation (No. 73) June 2019
• Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (No. 38) September 2019
• Non-invasive Prenatal Testing (No. 74) October 2019
• Maternal Collapse in Pregnancy and the Puerperium (No. 56) December 2019
• Assisted Vaginal Birth (No. 26) April 2020
• Care of Women with Obesity in Pregnancy (No. 72) November 2018
• Antepartum Haemorrhage (No. 63) December 2011
• Reduced Fetal Movements (No. 57) February 2011
• Birth after Previous Caesarean Birth (No. 45) October 2015
• External Cephalic Version and Reducing the Incidence of Term Breech Presentation (No. 20a) March 2017
• Management of Breech Presentation (Green-top Guideline No. 20b) March 2017
• Group B Streptococcal Disease, Early-onset (Green-top Guideline No. 36) September 2017
• Obstetric Cholestasis (No. 43) May 2011
• Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy, Management (No. 51) November 2016
• Diagnosis and Management of Ectopic Pregnancy (No. 21) November 2016
• Placenta Praevia and Placenta Accreta: Diagnosis and Management (No. 27a) September 2018
• Placenta Praevia Diagnosis and Management (No. 27b) September 2018
• Postpartum Haemorrhage, Prevention and Management (No. 52) December 2016
• Management of Bladder Pain Syndrome (No. 70) December 2016
• Shoulder Dystocia (No. 42) March 2012
• Umbilical Cord Prolapse (No. 50) November 2014
• Rhesus D Prophylaxis, The Use of Anti-D Immunoglobulin for (No. 22) April 2011
• Sickle Cell Disease in Pregnancy, Management of (No. 61) August 2011
• Chickenpox in Pregnancy (No. 13) January 2015
• Late Intrauterine Fetal Death and Stillbirth ( No. 55) November 2010
• The Management of Women with Red Cell Antibodies during Pregnancy (N0.65) May 2014
• Thalassaemia in Pregnancy, Management of Beta (No. 66) March 2014
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Long-term Consequences (No. 33) November 2014
• Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium, Reducing the Risk (No. 37a) April 2015
• Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium: Acute Management (No. 37b) April 2015
• Third- and Fourth-degree Perineal Tears, Management (No. 29) June 2015
• Female Genital Mutilation and its Management (No. 53) July 2015
• The Management of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum (No.69) June 2016
• Epilepsy in Pregnancy (No. 68) June 2016
• Chronic Pelvic Pain, Initial Management (No. 41) May 2012
• Sepsis in Pregnancy, Bacterial (No. 64a) April 2012
• Recurrent Miscarriage, Investigation and Treatment of Couples (No. 17) May 2011

More guidelines can be accessed via the RCOG website

NHS England

• Saving Babies’ Lives – Version 2
  Learning and building from version 1 to reduce stillbirth and early neonatal death
• Saving Babies Lives; A Care Bundle To Reduce Stillbirth, March 2016

Royal College of General Practitioners, Association of British Neurologists and Royal College of Physicians

• Guidance on valproate use in women and girls of childbearing years, December 2020

World Health Organization

• Interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes, November 2015

The Lullaby Trust

• Safer sleep; Saving Babies Lives

Royal College of Nursing

• Managing the disposal of pregnancy remains, December 2018

 

Last revised: January 2021