title: Revising care to meet maternal needs post birth: an overview of the hospital to home postnatal study.
abstract: There have been limited improvements in care and support for women post-birth despite publication of National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for routine postnatal care (NICE 2006). NICE recommendations included that care should be individualised to women's physical and psychological health needs, the content of care should be relevant to the time of recovery post birth and information should be offered regarding life-threatening conditions and more commonly experienced morbidity. A study was conducted in one maternity unit informed by a quality improvement approach to implement NICE guidance. Revisions were introduced to hospital systems and processes relevant to the continuum of pregnancy, birth and beyond to improve individualised care and women's views of this.
authors.affiliation: Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beake
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bick
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weavers
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008880:Midwifery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom