Some of the key documents used in the development of these notes:
1. British Medical Association – Alcohol and pregnancy. Preventing and managing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. (2016). www.bma.org.uk
2. MBRRACE – UK (2016) Saving Lives, Improving Mother’s care. Surveillance of Maternal Deaths in the UK. www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/reports
3. National Screening Committee (2017) Antenatal and new-born screening programmes www.screening.nhs.uk/
4. National Institute of Clinical Excellence (2016) Antenatal Care Clinical Guideline. www.nice.org.uk
5. National Institute of Clinical Excellence (2017) Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health. www.nice.org.uk
6. National Maternity Review (2016) Better Births – Improving outcomes of maternity services in England. www.england.nhs.uk/mat-transformation/mat-review/
7. NHS England (2016/17) National Tariff Payment System. (Maternity payment pathway system) www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-national-tariff-payment-system-201617
8. NHS England (2016) Saving Babies Lives. A care bundle for reducing stillbirth. www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/saving-babies-lives-car-bundl.pdf
9. Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) The Code – Professional Standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives. www.nmc-uk.org
10. RCOG (2012) Bacterial Sepsis in Pregnancy. www.rcog.org.uk/guidelines
11. RCOG (2015) Chickenpox in Pregnancy. Guideline 13. www.rcog.org.uk/guidelines
12. RCOG (2016) Obstetric Cholestasis. Guideline 43. www.rcog.org.uk/guidelines
13. RCOG (2015) Reducing the risk of thrombosis and embolism during pregnancy and the puerperium. www.rcog.org.uk/guidelines
14. UNICEF (2017) The Baby Friendly Initiative – For all babies. www.babyfriendly.org.uk