Designated maternity carer

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
Synonymous names:	Lead maternity carer; Primary maternity carer; Maternity care co-ordinator; Named maternity carer
METEOR identifier:	562469
Registration status:	Health, Standard 14/05/2015
Definition:	The health care professional who coordinates the care for a woman during the antenatal, intrapartum or postnatal stages of maternity care, based on the woman's identified needs and individual circumstances. This may be a midwife, obstetrician, general practitioner or other maternity health professional.
Context:	Public and private maternity services.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	See also Collaborative maternity carer Health, Standard 14/05/2015 See also Continuity of carer Health, Standard 14/05/2015
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Collaborative maternity carer Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Maternity model of care NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Maternity model of care—profession of designated maternity carer Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Maternity model of care—profession of designated maternity carer, code N[N] Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Profession of collaborative maternity carer Health, Standard 14/05/2015