✨ Maternity Services Specifications
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(b) emergency referral to a Specialist, if necessary; and
(c) provision of information to the Lead Maternity Carer on the care provided.
See clause D4.2 for the payment rules applicable to this service.
5.4 Threatened Miscarriage Service
A General Practitioner, Midwife or Obstetrician will provide the following services where there is a real and imminent risk of miscarriage and where a payment for this service is claimed:
(a) all appropriate assessment and care of a woman experiencing a threatened miscarriage; and
(b) referral for diagnostic tests, if necessary.
See clause D4.2 for the payment rules applicable to this service.
5.5 Miscarriage Service
A General Practitioner, Midwife or Obstetrician will provide the following services where a payment for this service is claimed:
(a) all appropriate assessment and care for a woman experiencing a miscarriage; and
(b) referral for diagnostic tests, if necessary.
See clause D4.2 for the payment rules applicable to this service.
5.6 Exceptional Circumstances
A General Practitioner or Midwife will provide one of the following services where a payment for this service is claimed:
(a) provide the woman with support and continuity of care during the Labour & Birth, including attendance at the Birth where:
? clinical responsibility for the woman is transferred to Secondary Maternity forty-eight or fewer hours prior to Established Labour (or prior to Birth where there is no labour), and
? it was anticipated that clinical responsibility for the Labour & Birth would remain with the Lead Maternity Carer but circumstances change, giving no opportunity for a planned transfer, and
? the General Practitioner or Midwife providing this service is the Lead Maternity Carer ((not the Back-up to the Lead Maternity Carer or the Hospital Midwifery Service or another subcontracted provider);
(b) provide urgent care and treatment in a rural or remote rural domicile (as defined in Appendix VI) where the services of an Obstetrician or Paediatrician are needed but are not available and the Lead Maternity Carer requires assistance from another Authorised Practitioner who has additional maternity skills; or
(c) accompany the woman in an air/road ambulance from a rural or remote rural domicile area (as defined in Appendix VI) where the Authorised Practitioner is otherwise ineligible to be paid the Labour & Birth Module.
See clause D4.4 for the payment rules applicable to this service.
5.7 Postnatal Consultation by Non-Lead Maternity Carer
A General Practitioner or Midwife will provide the following services where a payment for this service is claimed:
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