Children and maternity

Part one:

The core standards document sets out five standards to help the NHS, local authorities and their partner agencies make high quality services available for all children and young people, parents or carers.

• National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: Core standards

Part two:

A further five standards address children, young people and their parents who have particular needs. These standards should be implemented in conjunction with the standards in the core document.

• Children and Young People who are Ill
• Children in hospital
• Disabled Children and Young People and those with Complex Health Needs
• The Mental Health and Psychological Well-being of Children and Young People
• Medicines for Children and Young People

Part three:

This section addresses the particular needs and choices of women and their babies before or during pregnancy, throughout birth and for the first three months of parenthood. It should be implemented in conjunction with the other standards, where appropriate.

• Maternity Services

Versions

This document looks at the key issues the children's NSF addresses for primary care. Practitioners are to implement the parts of the standards that are relevant to their daily work, and help to deliver high quality care for pregnant women, children, young people and their families.

• Key Issues for Primary Care

A number of versions of the NSF have been produced to inform children, young people and parents about the NSF and what it will mean for them. 

• Children's version
• Young People's version
• Easy read version
• Parent's version
• Leaflet for Parents

Exemplars

The exemplars are based around a child's journey through care, and illustrate how the standards and key themes of the NSF can be put into practice.

• Maternity services
• Asthma
• Autistic spectrum disorders
• Acquired brain injury
• Discharge and support of children requiring long term ventilation in the community
• Continence

Supporting documents

The information strategy looks at the information technology (IT) challenges that need to be overcome to provide services for children and their families - challenges that face both national agencies and local organisations across all care settings.

Supporting local delivery, produced jointly by DH and DCSF, sets out the national support that will be provided to local agencies to support them in implementing the NSF for children, young people and maternity services. It also identifies how the NSF, and the wider health agenda, fits into the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme, and what this means for health organisations.

• Palliative Care Services Guide - 29 November 2005
• A guide to promote a shared understanding of the benefits of managed local networks
• Children's and maternity services information strategy
• Supporting local delivery
• Estates and facilities management