Find guidance, forms, clinical tools and education to support safe, high-quality maternity care across NSW.
Care guidance
- Identifying and Reporting of Maternal Deaths in New South Wales (PD2026_019)
- Fetal Growth Restriction (GL2025_018)
- Postpartum Haemorrhage (GL2025_013)
- Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring (GL2025_004)
- Maternity Safety and Quality Essentials (PD2023_031)
- Investigation, Review and Reporting of Perinatal Deaths (PD2022_046)
- Care Pathway for Women Concerned about Fetal Movements (GL2021_019)
- Induction of Labour Policy and Postpartum Haemorrhage Guideline – Medication changes (PDF 221.9 KB)
- Safer baby bundle resources for clinicians
- Stronger bubba born
- Australian preterm birth prevention alliance clinical guidelines
State forms
- Fetal biometry ultrasound growth scan charts (PDF 249.9 KB)
- International symphysis-fundal height standards (PDF 730.0 KB)
- Antenatal short stay observation chart (ASSOC) less than 32 weeks (PDF 840.0 KB)
- Antenatal short stay observation chart (ASSOC) 32 weeks or more (PDF 844.5 KB)
- Standard maternal observation chart (SMOC) (PDF 532.2 KB)
- Record of labour (PDF 795.6 KB)
- Intrapartum vaginal examination (PDF 474.9 KB)
- Labour and birth summary (PDF 674.3 KB)
- Shoulder dystocia record (PDF 795.8 KB)
- Genital tract trauma repair (PDF 963.1 KB)
Clinical tools
- Worried they are getting worse
- NSW fetal growth restriction care pathway (PDF 125.3 KB)
- Maternal sepsis pathway (PDF 764.8 KB)
- Primary postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) guide (PDF 234.3 KB)
Intermittent auscultation learning aids
- Intermittent auscultation learning aid - Initial assessment guide (PDF 168.3 KB)
- Intermittent auscultation learning aid - Ongoing assessment guide (PDF 104.2 KB)
Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) algorithms
- Antenatal < 32 weeks EFM algorithm (PDF 140.1 KB)
- Antenatal ≥ 32 weeks EFM algorithm (PDF 156.0 KB)
- Intrapartum EFM algorithm (PDF 177.1 KB)
Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) tools
- Antenatal < 32 weeks EFM tool (PDF 640.9 KB)
- Antenatal ≥ 32 weeks EFM tool (PDF 662.5 KB)
- Intrapartum EFM tool (PDF 1.0 MB)
Perinatal safety education
Perinatal safety education supports safer maternity care. It forms part of the broader deteriorating patient education and helps teams recognise and respond to maternal and fetal deterioration.
This program is mandatory for all NSW Health midwives, obstetricians and obstetric trainees. There are two pathways: maternal safety education and fetal safety education. Each pathway includes:
- online modules and quizzes, completed once
- annual face to face team training.
Perinatal safety education is available through My Health Learning.
Perinatal safety education facilitators
If you are a facilitator, or training to become one, you can join the Perinatal safety education (PSE) Community of Practice. To access facilitator resources, email our Maternity and Neonatal Safety team at CEC-Maternity@health.nsw.gov.au.
Maternal and perinatal loss
Find guidance on caring for families after a maternal or perinatal death, and on reviewing and reporting these deaths across NSW.
See maternal and perinatal loss
Quality Improvement Data System (QIDS) MatIQ
QIDS MatIQ supports NSW maternity services use data to improve care for women and babies.
Drawing on birth data from all NSW public health maternity services, QIDS MatIQ enables users to track maternal and neonatal outcomes, identify variation, and benchmark outcomes against similar services.
Data is updated weekly and can be explored by hospital or local health district to support quality improvement initiatives.
Education, training and ongoing support are available from the Safety Intelligence team CEC-qidsmatiq@health.nsw.gov.au .
Contact your local governance unit to request access to QIDS MatIQ.