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This guideline covers when to offer and discuss caesarean birth, procedural aspects of the operation, and care after caesarean birth. It aims to improve the consistency and quality of care for women and pregnant people who are thinking about having a caesarean birth or have had a caesarean birth in the past and are now pregnant again.
This quality standard covers the care of pregnant women or pregnant people who are considering having or may need to have a caesarean birth, including those who have had a caesarean birth in the past. It includes decision making, reducing the risk of complications and care after a caesarean birth. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
View quality statements for QS32Show all sections
Sections for QS32
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Vaginal birth after a caesarean birth
- Quality statement 2: Request for a caesarean birth: maternity team involvement
- Quality statement 3: Request for a caesarean birth: anxiety
- Quality statement 4: Consultant obstetrician involvement in decision making for planned caesarean birth
- Quality statement 5: Timing of planned caesarean birth
- Quality statement 6: Consultant obstetrician involvement in decision making for unplanned caesarean birth
- Quality statement 7: The use of fetal blood sampling
This guideline covers the circumstances for inducing labour, methods of induction, assessment, monitoring, pain relief and managing complications. It aims to improve advice and care for pregnant women who are thinking about or having induction of labour.
vaginal bleeding after 13 weeks Caesarean birth - Planning mode of birth Planned caesarean birth: placenta...
This guideline covers the care of women and their babies during labour and immediately after birth. It focuses on women who give birth between 37 and 42 weeks of pregnancy (‘term’). The guideline helps women to make informed choices about where to have their baby and about their care in labour. It also aims to reduce variation in aspects of care.
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Sections for NG235
- Overview
- Recommendations
- Recommendations for research
- Rationale and impact
- Context
- Appendix A: Adverse outcomes for different places of birth
- Appendix B: Outcomes for different places of birth – by BMI at booking
- Appendix C: Outcomes for intravenous remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) compared with intramuscular pethidine
This guideline covers the care of women with a singleton pregnancy at increased risk of, or with symptoms and signs of, preterm labour (before 37 weeks), and women with a singleton pregnancy having a planned preterm birth. It aims to reduce the risks of preterm birth for the baby and describes treatments to prevent or delay early labour and birth.
This guideline covers care for pregnant women and pregnant people with a twin or triplet pregnancy in addition to routine care during pregnancy and labour. It aims to reduce the risk of complications and improve outcomes.
This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection.
This guideline covers care during labour and birth for women who need extra support because they have a medical condition or complications in their current or previous pregnancy. The guideline also covers women who have had no antenatal care. It aims to improve experiences and outcomes for women and their babies.
Diabetes in pregnancy: management from preconception to the postnatal period (NG3)
This guideline covers managing diabetes and its complications in women who are planning pregnancy or are already pregnant. It aims to improve the diagnosis of gestational diabetes and help women with diabetes to self-manage their blood glucose levels before and during pregnancy.
planned caesarean birth compared to planned vaginal birth: What are the benefits and risks (short term and long term) of...
Recommendation ID NG192/04 Question Maternal request for caesarean birth: What support or psychological interventions would be...
This quality standard covers the care of women and their babies during labour and immediately after the birth. It covers women who go into labour at term, and includes women at low risk of complications during labour and those who go on to develop complications. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
View quality statements for QS105Show all sections
Sections for QS105
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Choosing birth setting
- Quality statement 2: One-to-one care
- Quality statement 3: Cardiotocography and initial assessment of a woman in labour
- Quality statement 4: Stopping cardiotocography
- Quality statement 5: Interventions during labour
- Quality statement 6: Delayed cord clamping
- Quality statement 7: Skin-to-skin contact
NG192/02 Question Decision-to-birth interval (category 1 urgency): What factors influence the decision-to-birth interval...
after previous caesarean birth: How should labour be induced in women with intrauterine fetal death who have had a previous...