50Additional risk pregnancies

50 Additional risk pregnancies

50 Additional risk pregnancies

(1) A level 1 facility must not admit a maternity patient with an additional risk pregnancy.

(2) A level 2 facility must not admit a maternity patient with an additional risk pregnancy unless—

(a) the medical advisory committee is satisfied the facility is able to provide appropriate care for the patient, having regard to risk factors relevant to the patient, and

(b) the facility has appropriate support services and infrastructure and staff with clinical expertise relevant to the risk factors of the patient, including—

(i) obstetricians, anaesthetists and a paediatrician on call at all times, and

(ii) a medical practitioner at the facility at all times, and

(iii) experienced midwives on duty at all times, and

(iv) established links with clinical nurse consultants or clinical nurse educators in midwifery and neonatal nursing, and

(v) a special care nursery.