Maternity care standards
Document Type
Standards
Summary
The Scottish Government has commissioned us to develop standards for maternity care in Scotland. These standards will support a holistic approach to improving and sustaining quality maternity care across Scotland.
This approach will ensure that all women/birthing people and their babies who access maternity services, receive consistent, person-centred, compassionate, high-quality care and support, regardless of their individual circumstance or needs.
The standards cover maternity care delivered in all settings, and apply to:
- care partners, where appropriate, of people experiencing maternity services.
- all women/birthing people experiencing maternity care in Scotland
- all babies receiving core newborn care, until their care is transferred to the universal health visiting service (usually at ten days old)
Consultation survey
The consultation on the maternity standards has now closed. Many thanks to all who submitted feedback. We are now reviewing the standards in line with the consultation feedback that we have received and will publish the final standards in due course.