Women's Health - Antenatal Share Care

Aim

The main goal of the Antenatal Shared Care Program is to provide a high standard of care for women who have a low risk pregnancy. The women are cared for by the Antenatal Services at the Hospital in conjunction with their General Practitioner.

Program strategies include:

• To provide choice, continuity of care and greater accessibility for women by seeing their General Practitioner during pregnancy.
• To enable registered General Practitioners (GPs) to provide a high standard of antenatal care to women who are considered suitable for Antenatal Shared Care.
• To provide GPs with a recommended ‘Best Practice’ standard of antenatal care.
• To reduce demands on the Hospital outpatient services.

Registration, Education and GP Requirements

Eligibility
To be eligible to be a member of the Antenatal Shared Care Program in South East Sydney Area Health the GP must:

• Be a member or an associate member of a Division of General Practice.
• Fulfil the requirements for Registration.

Registration
GPs wishing to practice Antenatal Shared Care need to be registered in the program. Registration for ANSC requires:

• Current medical registration.
• Current membership of a medical defence association.
• Attendance at a Division of General Practice Antenatal Shared Care Program Registration course.
• 12 POINTS of Division – delivered / endorsed Antenatal Care educational activities for each triennium.

Quality Assurance
Quality assurance activities will be conducted periodically by the Divisions of General Practice. The Antenatal Shared Care Program has a comprehensive resource kit for GPs registered to the program. If you would like further details regarding the program or would like to join please contact Jan Sadler at the Division OR email jsadler@shiregps.org.au

Resources
For complete list of Antenatal Shared Care resources go to the Resource Centre or go to the following links:
Resources for GPs
Resources for your Patients