Resources for general practitioners

GPs participating in the Royal Hospital for Women ANSC program are provided with a suite of resources developed in conjunction with South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. Click through for the Royal Hospital for Women protocol and information on where to find the appropriate resources on the RHW website. 

• pdf RHW ANSC Protocol  (1.54 MB)
• pdf RHW Summary protocol (309 KB)
• document RHW Perinatal Mental Health Clinic Referral Criteria & Procedures (54 KB)
• document RHW Perinatal Mental Health Clinic Referral Form (344 KB)
• pdf SESLHD Breastfeeding education and support (27 KB)
• NSW Food Authority Resource - Food Choices during Pregnancy

For a comprehensive list of protocols for GPs, please visit the RHW website for topics relating to antenatal, early pregnancy, infections, labour and postnatal.

• document Results of the 2016 GP ANSC survey (22 KB)
• pdf Flowchart for screening, diagnosing and referring of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) (256 KB)

For resources in other languages, visit:

• Multicultural Health Communication (NSW Health) (including maternity care options, planning a pregnancy, caring for a baby at home and depression during pregnancy and early parenthood)
• The Centre for Genetics Testing (NSW Government) (including 'Prenatal testing' and 'How can genetic counselling help?) 
• pdf The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale translated and validated for 18 languages (4.00 MB)