Peninsula Health Shared Maternity Care Program and Guidelines
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- Disclaimer and Guideline Development Group
- When and how to refer to hospital for assessment
- Contents
- Welcome
- Becoming a Peninsula Health GP Shared Maternity Care Affiliate
- Clinical risk categories
- Models of care
- Hospital visit protocol
- GP Shared Maternity Care schedule of visits and investigations
- Obstetric ultrasound and medical imaging at Frankston Hospital
- Follow up of investigations
- When and how to refer to hospital for assessment
- Perinatal mental health
- Additional antenatal services
- Referral, shared care and discharge documents
- Maternity Services contact details
- Frankston Hospital clinic times, locations and contact numbers
- Calculation of Estimated Date of Delivery (EDD)
- Standard antenatal investigations including First Trimester Screening, Vitamin D screening
- Maternal Serum Screening ‘Increased Risk’ Pathway
- Dietary advice and supplementation
- Fundal height
- Auscultation of the fetal heart
- Reduced fetal movements
- Hypertension in pregnancy
- Anaemia
- Administration of Anti D
- GP Shared Care Bulletins -including Infections in pregnancy, Venous thromboembolism (VTE) and Vaginal birth after Cesarian Section (VBACS)
- Lifestyle advice- alcohol and smoking
- Vitamin D screening and supplementation
- Prolonged pregnancy
- References
- Preparation for Childbirth Classes
- Exercise and back care in pregnancy
- How do you feel about being a new parent?- local service information for postnatal depression- Peninsula GP network
- Breastfeeding Support Service
- GP referral
- VSFR plus Maternity
- Peninsula Health Physiotherapy Women’s Health Referral Form
- Peninsula Health Subacute Ambulatory Care referral form for Continence Service
- Anti-D Immunoglobulin Patient Consent and Administration Form
- Quit Victoria forms and guides
Reaccreditation information for GP Shared Carers
- Important changes have been made to the structure of the Peninsula Health Shared Maternity Care Program
- From January 2011 all GP affiliates must undergo reaccreditation each triennium.
- In order to qualify for reaccreditation all affiliates must meet the following requirements,
- a minimum of 10 category 2 CPD points or equivalent from activities relating to pregnancy care, pre pregnancy care, post natal period and neonatal care
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- attendance at a minimum of 1 and up to 3 supervised Antenatal Sessions per triennium
- Falure to meet these requirements will result in removal from the Peninsula Health Shared Maternity Care Program. All reaccreditations will be reviewed by the Peninsula Health Shared Maternity Care Program Committee prior to approval.
Maternity Education Forums
- Educational forums for Shared Maternity Care Affiliates and other interested Health Professionals have commenced in 2011.
- 2012 Forum dates will be posted soon.
