Improving perinatal care and the role of primary care

<p>Emma talks to Dr Liz Dapré, an academic GP and co-chair of the group GPs Championing Perinatal Care (GPCPC) about the vital role of primary care in maternal and perinatal health.</p><br><p>In this conversation Liz and Emma discuss the key problems in perinatal care across the NHS and what needs to happen to address some of these issues.</p><br><p>Liz explains how GPCPC is working to ensure the voice of general practice is heard by national policymakers and what it does to support GPs.</p><br><p>She also talks about health inequalities in maternal health, the role GPs can play in tackling these and provides practical advice on delivering high-quality 6-to-8-week postnatal checks – explaining why these should be seen as a holistic review of a woman’s transition to parenthood rather than just a series of clinical boxes to tick.</p><br><p>And they talk about how GPs can better identify and support women following birth trauma, as well as managing gestational diabetes and the ongoing risks for women affected by this.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Women with gestational diabetes should be referred to the <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/diabetes/diabetes-prevention/healthier-you-nhs-diabetes-prevention-programme-gdm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diabetes Prevention Programme</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://gpcpc.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GPs Championing Perinatal Care</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/gp-six-to-eight-week-maternal-postnatal-consultation-what-good-looks-like-guidance/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NHS England 6- to 8-week postnatal check guidance</a></p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://clinicsearchonline.org/article/improving-maternal-postnatal-check-uptake-in-general-practice-using-an-opt-out-equitable-model-of-access-results-of-a-12--month-quality-improvement-project" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Improving maternal postnatal check uptake in general practice using an opt-out equitable model of access: results of a 12- month quality improvement project,</a> by Dr Dhiviya Tharan</p><p>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.citybirthtraumascale.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">City Birth Trauma Scale questionnaire</a></p><br><p><br></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>