Postnatal Care
(asked on 22nd February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the provision of postnatal check-ups by GP practices.
This question was answered on 1st March 2018
The Department does not hold data relating to the take up of postnatal check-ups in general practitioner (GP) practices.
The Care Quality Commission’s 2017 survey of women’s experiences of maternity care, found that 92% of the 17,570 respondents said the midwife had told them that they would need to arrange a postnatal check-up of their own health with their GP around six to eight weeks after the birth.