Postnatal care

NICE Pathways

Interactive topic-based flowcharts that allow you to navigate our recommendations on any subject. Find out more about NICE Pathways.

• Antenatal and postnatal mental health

• Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm

• Diet

• Donor breast milk banks

• Maternal and child nutrition

• Neonatal jaundice

• Obesity: working with local communities

• Physical activity

• Postnatal care

• Safe midwifery staffing for maternity settings

• Smoking

• Smoking cessation in secondary care

NICE guidelines

Evidence-based recommendations on a range of health and care topics. Find out more about NICE guidelines

• Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance (CG192)

  Updated

  Yes

  Id:

  CG192

  Published date:

  December 2014

  Last updated:

  April 2018

• Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm (NG72)

  Id:

  NG72

  Published date:

  August 2017

• Donor milk banks: service operation (CG93)

  Id:

  CG93

  Published date:

  February 2010

• Jaundice in newborn babies under 28 days (CG98)

  Id:

  CG98

  Published date:

  May 2010

• Maternal and child nutrition (PH11)

  Id:

  PH11

  Published date:

  March 2008

• Postnatal care up to 8 weeks after birth (CG37)

  Id:

  CG37

  Published date:

  July 2006

• Safe midwifery staffing for maternity settings (NG4)

  Id:

  NG4

  Published date:

  February 2015

• Smoking: acute, maternity and mental health services (PH48)

  Id:

  PH48

  Published date:

  November 2013

• Smoking: stopping in pregnancy and after childbirth (PH26)

  Id:

  PH26

  Published date:

  June 2010

• Weight management before, during and after pregnancy (PH27)

  Id:

  PH27

  Published date:

  July 2010

Quality standards

Statements covering priority areas for quality improvement (including ways to measure quality). Find out more about Quality standards.

• Antenatal and postnatal mental health (QS115)

  Id:

  QS115

  Published date:

  February 2016

• Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm (QS169)

  New

  Yes

  Id:

  QS169

  Published date:

  May 2018

• Hypertension in pregnancy (QS35)

  Id:

  QS35

  Published date:

  July 2013

• Jaundice in newborn babies under 28 days (QS57)

  Id:

  QS57

  Published date:

  March 2014

• Neonatal specialist care (QS4)

  Id:

  QS4

  Published date:

  October 2010

• Postnatal care (QS37)

  Id:

  QS37

  Published date:

  July 2013

Interventional procedures guidance

Assessments of whether procedures are safe enough and work well enough for wider use in the NHS. Find out more about Interventional procedures guidance.

• Division of ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) for breastfeeding (IPG149)

  Id:

  IPG149

  Published date:

  December 2005

• Thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates (IPG379)

  Id:

  IPG379

  Published date:

  January 2011

In development

• Maternal Health

  New

  Yes

  Programme:

  Quality standard

  Expected publication date:

  TBC

• Postnatal care up to 8 weeks after birth (update)

  New

  Yes

  Programme:

  NICE guideline

  Expected publication date:

  January 2020

• Specialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born preterm

  New

  Yes

  Programme:

  NICE guideline

  Expected publication date:

  April 2019

New guidance and advice

Guidance and advice added since November 2017

• Developmental follow-up of children and young people born preterm (QS169)

  New

  Yes

  Id:

  QS169

  Programme:

  Quality standard

  Published date:

  May 2018

• Maternal Health

  New

  Yes

  Programme:

  Quality standard

  Expected publication date:

  TBC

  Status:

  In development

• Postnatal care up to 8 weeks after birth (update)

  New

  Yes

  Programme:

  NICE guideline

  Expected publication date:

  January 2020

  Status:

  In development

• Specialist neonatal respiratory care for babies born preterm

  New

  Yes

  Programme:

  NICE guideline

  Expected publication date:

  April 2019

  Status:

  In development

Updated guidance and advice

Guidance and advice updated since November 2017

• Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance (CG192)

  Updated

  Yes

  Id:

  CG192

  Programme:

  Clinical guideline

  Published date:

  December 2014

  Last updated:

  April 2018

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