Maternity Domiciliary Visit

A Maternity Domiciliary Visit is a visit to a PATIENT's home by a MIDWIFE or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor for Antenatal or Postnatal care, care by a MIDWIFE during labour or care for one or more babies, or by the 'flying squad' for obstetric emergencies.

Description

A Maternity Domiciliary Visit is a CARE CONTACT.

A Maternity Domiciliary Visit  is a visit to a PATIENT's home by a MIDWIFE or Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor  for Antenatal or Postnatal care, care by a MIDWIFE during labour or care for one or more babies, or by the 'flying squad' for obstetric emergencies. Where both a MIDWIFE and a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visitor make a joint visit to the same PATIENT this counts as only one visit under the most appropriate domiciliary service.

Note: The Postnatal period for MIDWIVES is a period of not less than ten and usually no more than twenty eight days after the end of labour during which the continued attendance of a MIDWIFE on the mother and baby is requisite. The end of the 'Postnatal period' is determined by the professional judgement of the MIDWIFE within the constraints of the above rule.

Also Known As

This NHS business definition is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural Maternity Domiciliary Visits