Maternity publications

Standards, guidelines and other useful publications on maternity services in New Zealand.

Publications

HISO 10050.2:2020 Maternity Care Summary Standard

Published 21 May 2020

This publication is a maternity care data set standard for New Zealand, defining the information that must be recorded to support high-quality maternity care to women and their babies, and to provide structured and coded information for reporting and analytics.

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Review of neonatal care in New Zealand

Published 30 January 2020

This report profiles pressures on neonatal intensive care units and describes how they are functioning in today’s health environment. It also identifies opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the neonatal intensive care system

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New Zealand Obstetric Ultrasound Guidelines

Published 13 December 2019

This publication provides new national guidance to support radiology professionals and lead maternity carers to deliver nationally consistent, clinically appropriate and high-quality maternity ultrasound services.

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National Maternity Monitoring Group Annual Report 2018

Published 02 October 2019

This report presents the activities and recommendations of the National Maternity Monitoring Group (NMMG) in 2017/18.

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New Zealand Maternity Clinical Indicators 2017

Published 26 July 2019

The New Zealand Maternity Clinical Indicators present comparative maternity interventions and outcomes data for pregnant women and their babies, by maternity facility and district health board region.

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Report on Maternity 2017

Published 11 April 2019

The Report on Maternity 2017 provides health statistics about women giving birth, their pregnancy and childbirth experience and the characteristics of live-born babies in New Zealand. The focus is on births in 2017.

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Second Round of Consultation on the Proposed Donation and Surrogacy Guidelines: further changes since ACART’s 2017 consultation

Published 14 February 2019

The Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology is consulting on a second round of proposed changes to the guidelines for donation and surrogacy Guidelines.

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Fetal and Infant Deaths 2015

Published 07 November 2018

These tables present a summary of fetal and infant deaths, with a focus on deaths and stillbirths registered in 2015. Information presented includes demographic information (eg, ethnicity and sex), cause of death, gestation and birthweight, as well as deaths classified as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI).

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension and Pre-eclampsia in Pregnancy in New Zealand: A clinical practice guideline

Published 29 August 2018

This guideline provides health professionals with an evidence-based summary of best practice in regards to screening, diagnosing and treating hypertension and pre-eclampsia in pregnancy

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National Maternity Monitoring Group Annual Report 2017

Published 23 August 2018

This report presents the activities and recommendations of the National Maternity Monitoring Group (NMMG) in their fifth year of operation, 2016/17

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