Maternity Care Guidelines




13 APRIL 2007 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 41 1061

Service linkages

DA9 Service linkages: transfer to well child services

(1)

A transfer of the care of the baby from the LMC to a well child provider must take place before 6 weeks from birth.

(2)

The LMC must give a written referral to a well child provider that meets the guidelines agreed by the New Zealand College of Midwives and providers of well child services, before the end of the 4th week following birth.

(3)

If the baby has unusually high needs, the LMC may request that a well child provider becomes involved as early as 2 weeks from birth to provide concurrent and co-ordinated care with the LMC.

Defined in this notice: birth, LMC, well child provider

DA10 Service linkages: transfer to primary health services

(1)

A transfer of the care of the woman and the baby from the LMC to the woman’s primary health services provider must take place before 6 weeks from birth.

(2)

The LMC must give a written referral to the woman’s general practitioner that meets the guidelines agreed by the New Zealand College of Midwives and the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, before discharge from lead maternity care.

(3)

If a woman does not have a regular general practitioner, the maternity provider must inform the woman about the primary health services available in the local area.

Defined in this notice: birth, general practitioner, LMC, maternity provider, primary health services

DA11 Linkages with other services

Providers of lead maternity care will also maintain linkages with the following local organisations and providers of health services:

(a) primary health services:

(b) maternity facility services:

(c) secondary maternity services:

(d) antenatal education services:

(e) ultrasound scanning services:

(f) well child services:

(g) maternity consumer organisations:

(h) community or maternal mental health teams

Defined in this notice: maternity facility, primary health services, secondary maternity



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2007, No 41


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2007, No 41





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Transfer of care to secondary and tertiary maternity services (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
LMC, Transfer of care, Secondary maternity services, Tertiary maternity services, Specialist neonatal services

🏥 Service linkages: transfer to well child services

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
LMC, Well child provider, Transfer of care, Birth

🏥 Service linkages: transfer to primary health services

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
LMC, Primary health services, General practitioner, Transfer of care

🏥 Linkages with other services

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Maternity care, Service linkages, Primary health services, Maternity facility, Secondary maternity services, Antenatal education, Ultrasound scanning, Well child services, Maternity consumer organisations, Community mental health