Table 4 Broad Themes Across the Various Policy and Research Papers
From: Policy, evidence and practice for post-birth care plans: a scoping review
Publications | Positioning of PBCP in policy | Content and approach | Personalised care and relational continuity | Feasibility and acceptability in practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
National Service Framework (NSF) for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (2004, UK) | √ | √ | ||
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE Clinical Guidelines, No 37 (2006 - last updated in 2015, UK) | √ | √ | √ | |
Maternity Matters, Department of Health (2007, England) | √ | |||
Pathways for Maternity Care NHS Trust (2009, Scotland) | √ | √ | ||
Newburn and Bhavnani, (NCT) Left to your own devices: The Postnatal Care Experiences of 1260 first-time Mothers (2010, UK) | √ | √ | ||
A Refreshed Framework for Maternity Care in Scotland (The Scottish Government) (2011, Scotland) | √ | √ | √ | |
Postnatal Care Program Guidelines for Victorian Health Services, from State of Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services (2012, Australia) | √ | √ | ||
Royal College of Midwives (RCM), Pressure Points Campaign – Postnatal Care Planning (2014, UK) | √ | √ | √ | |
Redshaw, M. & Henderson, J. (NPEU) Safely Delivered – a national survey of women’s experience of maternity care (2014, England) | √ | |||
Forster, D. et al, Individualised, flexible postnatal care: a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial (2014, Australia) | √ | √ | √ | |
The Scottish Government, Having a baby in Scotland 2015: listening to mothers (Scotland, 2015) | √ | |||
American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ACOG) (2016, USA) | √ | √ | ||
NPEU and Queen’s University, A Survey of Women’s Experiences of Maternity Care in Northern Ireland (2016, Northern Ireland) | √ | |||
National Maternity Review - Better Births (2016, England) | √ | √ | √ | |
Implementing Better Births – a Resource Pack for Local Maternity Services (2017, England) | √ | √ | √ | |
National Childbirth Trust (NCT) and National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI), Support Overdue: women’s experiences of maternity services (2017, UK) | √ | √ | √ | |
Welsh Government, Your Birth We Care – a survey exploring women’s experiences in pregnancy and birth in Wales (2017, Wales) | √ | |||
The Best Start: A Five-Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland - Executive Summary Report, The Scottish Government (2017, Scotland) | √ | √ | √ | |
Helsloot, et al. A systematic approach towards the development of quality indicators for postnatal care after discharge in Flanders, Belgium (2017, Belgium) | √ | √ | √ | |
Care Quality Commission, Survey of women’s experiences of maternity care (2018, England) | √ | √ | ||
North-West London STP, Personalised Post-Natal Care Plan, Evaluation and Personal Care Plans for Mums and Families (2018, England) | √ | √ | √ | √ |