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Cardiff & Vale Maternity Guidelines

This is a list of patient information leaflets within the Maternity Service as provided by the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board and has been placed here for easy access. Each one of these guidelines are also represented in the A-Z index and can be accessed through both links.

Please note that this section is still under construction.  Please refer to local guidelines for anything that is not listed below.

DOCUMENTS
Induction of Labour 
Pre-Labour Rupture of Membranes (PROM)
Tongue-tie Info

 

 

This is a list of guidelines within the Maternity Service as provided by the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board and has been placed here for easy access. Each one of these guidelines are also represented in the A-Z index and can be accessed through both links.

Please note that this section is still under construction.  Please refer to local guidelines for anything that is not listed below.

DOCUMENT
ACTIVATION DATE
EXPIRY DATE 
A-H
   
Altered Fetal Movements - All Wales Guidance  06/09/2021 06/09/2024
Anaemia in Pregnancy 20/06/2022 20/06/2025
Antenatal Care Guideline 07/02/2024 07/02/2027
Antenatal Invasive Diagnostic Testing  07/02/2024 07/02/2027
Anti-D Prophylaxis 20/11/2023 20/10/2026
Assessment Unit (Obstetric) - Operational guideline for the Obstetric Unit, including telephone triage and the provision of take home medication  07/02/2024 07/02/2027
Babies Born Before Arrival (BBA) - See Homebirth    
Baby Identification - Guideline for the identification of Babies in the Obstetric Led Unit and Midwifery Led Unit - also see Security & Identification  2020 01/06/2023
Bladder Care in Labour and Postpartum  20/04/2022 01/04/2025
Breastfeeding Guidelines 01/01/2020 01/01/2023
Breech Presentation and Birth at Term 01/04/2024 01/04/2024
Caesarean Section - Cancellation/Delay of elective Caesarean Section and Induction of Labour  09/09/2019 06/09/2022
Childbearing Losses OLU and MLU 11/03/2019 11/03/2022
Cholestasis - Obstetric  11/03/2019 08/02/2022
Cord Blood Collection (Private) 07/02/2024 07/02/2027
Cord Prolapse 11/09/2020 26/08/2023
Cord Prolapse - guidelines for prevention and management, umbilical cord  26/08/2020 26/08/2023
Dawes Redman Computerised Antenatal CTG 06/09/2019 06/09/2026
Declining Blood Products in Obstetrics 01/04/2022 01/03/2022
Diabetes and Hypoglycaemia in Pregnancy Local Guidelines and All Wales Guidelines  2023 01/04/2024 and 28/04/2023
Epilepsy in Pregnancy
12/01/2019
01/11/2022
Fetal Anomaly on booking or anomaly USS  07/01/2021  01/01/2024
Fetal Arrhythmia and heart irregularity  15/01/2018 01/10/2020
Fetal Growth Assessment 01/01/2024 Unknown 
Fetal Surveillance Care Bundle 01/04/2024 01/01/2027
FGM Specialist clinic - SOP 07/02/2024 07/02/2027
Freebirth (Unassisted Homebirth) Guideline 14/09/2022 01/09/2025
HIV in Pregnancy 02/01/2020 2022
Homebirth Guideline with Pethidine 07/02/2024 07/02/2027
Hot Cots in Maternity 17/03/2021 01/03/2024
Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy 20/10/2023 20/10/2026
Hyponatraemia in Pregnancy  2024 29/10/2026
I-P
   
Identification - Guideline for the identification of Babies in the Obstetric Led Unit and Midwifery Led Unit - also see Security & Identification  2020 01/06/2023
Induction of Labour Guideline Feb 2024 07/02/2027
Infection and Sepsis in Pregnancy 01/07/2022 18/05/2025
Intrapartum Care Guideline - High Risk - Care of women with pre-existing medical conditions 21/12/2022 21/12/2025
Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance 03/06/2019 03/06/2022
Intrauterine Death - Maternal Investigations for Intrauterine Death (Any Gestation) Checklist  01/01/2021 unknown
Long QT Syndrome 18/06/2024 18/06/2027
Low PAPP-A 07/06/2019 07/06/2022
Midwifery Led Care Guideline - All Wales Maternity & Neonatal Guidelines  19/08/2022 19/08/2025
Midwife Sonographer SOP 11/09/2019 11/09/2022
Miscarriage - Outpatient Medical management of Miscarriage EPAU Integrated Care Pathway April 2023 Unknown 
Newborn Physical Examination 17/05/2019 17/05/2022
Neonatal Deaths - Guidelines for the management of all childbearing losses (stillbirths, miscarriages, TOP’s and neonatal deaths) on the CLU & MLU 08/08/2023  Unknown 
Opiod Dependent Pregnant Individuals, Management on Admission to Hospital 17/05/2019 17/05/2022
Perineal Trauma 01/06/2022 04/01/2025
PGD Terbutaline Sulfate 01/07/2023 01/07/2025
Placental Examination 10/07/2020 13/07/2023
Placenta waste, PROTOCOL FOR STORAGE & COLLECTION FROM DELIVERY SUITE / MIDWIFERY LED UNIT / GYNAE THEATRE 07/08/2023 Unknown 
Postnatal Care Guideline  21/12/2022 21/12/2025
Postnatal Contraception 26/08/2020 26/08/2023
Post Partum Haemorrhage, All Wales guideline 04/2023 28/04/2023
Postpartum Psychosis 29/09/2021 29/09/2024

Pre Term Birth - All Wales Guidance

Extreme Pre Term Guidance:

(1) Pre Term Pathway All Wales Standards 

(2) Perinatal Management and Parental Discussion 

(3) Antenatal Management 

(4) Comfort Care 

(5) Patient Information Leaflet

(6) In-Utero Transport 

(7) Summary and Acknowledgments 

2023 01/04/2026
Safe sleep poster - Cymraeg and English  2023 Unknown
Scan - Unexpected findings at your dating scan (leaflet) EPAU 14/09/2021 Unknown
Shoulder Dystocia 15/01/2018 1/11/2020
Small for gestational age fetus - Management of  21/12/2022 01/11/2025
Spontaneous Rupture of Membranes at Term (SROM) 26/12/2021 26/12/2024
Sticky Eyes - Nursing care of an infant with Sticky Eyes 30/06/2024 30/06/2027
Surrogacy - Guideline for the care of families involved in surrogate pregnancy 16/03/2024 01/01/2027
Streptococcus Colonisation, Management of Maternal Group B  01/06/2024 30/03/2027
Take home medication 2024 01/02/2024 19/01/2027
Thyroid Disorders in Pregnancy - care of the mother and newborn  07/01/2019 07/12/2022
Q-Z
   
Rainbow Clinic Guideline and Referral Form 06/09/2019 06/09/2022
Raised Body Mass Index in Pregnancy 18/04/2021 28/04/2024
Surrogacy - Guideline for the Care of Women involved in Surrogate pregnancy 30/03/2024 01/01/2027
Security & Identification - Baby Identification - Guideline for the identification of Babies in the Obstetric Led Unit and Midwifery Led Unit  2020 01/06/2023
Umbilical Cord - Cord prolapse - guidelines for prevention and management  26/08/2020 26/08/2023
Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section (VBAC) 27/08/2020 21/08/2023

21/01/2021

27/01/2024
Vitamin K - Administration in the newborn and early infancy  06/07/2022 06/07/2025
Water in Labour and Birth  2024 19/01/2027

This is a list of guidelines within the Maternity Service as provided by the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board and has been placed here for easy access. Each one of these guidelines are also represented in the A-Z index and can be accessed through both links.

Please note that this section is still under construction.  Please refer to local guidelines for anything that is not listed below.

 

DOCUMENT
ACTIVATION DATE
EXPIRY DATE
A-H
   
Epidural Advice for Midwives 01/08/2022 01/04/2025
I-P
   
Obstetric Anaesthesia May 2024 Unknown
Obstetric Anaesthetics Clinic: Criteria for Referral 03/11/2017 01/10/2020
Pain Relief During Labour for Stillbirth and IUD 04/01/2020 Unknown
Q-Z
   
Recovery Guideline - Post Op Care 12/02/2024 07/02/2027

 

 

This is a list of guidelines within the Maternity Service as provided by the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board and has been placed here for easy access. Each one of these guidelines are also represented in the A-Z index and can be accessed through both links.

Please note that this section is still under construction.  Please refer to local guidelines for anything that is not listed below.

 

DOCUMENT
ACTIVATION DATE
EXPIRY DATE
A-H
   
Antenatal Screening 08/10/2019 08/10/2022
I-P
   
     
Q-Z
   

 

 

DOCUMENT
ACTIVATION DATE
EXPIRY DATE
A-H

 

 

Fetal Growth Assessment and Referrals 

Fetal Medicine Unit Referral and Specialist Service Guideline

19/01/2024

07/02/2024

19/01/2027

07/02/2027

I-P
   
Q-Z