Drug misuse and pregnancy

Abstract

• Access to antenatal care is vital • Early information sharing between GP, maternity and addiction services • Integrated specialist care including addiction, specialist midwifery, obstetrics and child safeguarding • Fast-track pregnant women into addiction services and engage substance misusing partners NICE (2010) Pregnancy and complex social factors: A model for service provision for pregnant women with complex social factors. NICE Guidelines CG110 Cantwell R, et al (2011) Saving mothers' lives: Reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer: 2006-2008. The 8 th Report of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the United Kingdom. BJOG 118(Suppl. 1): 1–203.