Postnatal Care Resources

Courses

Below find details of a course leading to a professional qualification from the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (CoSRH). This training programme provides the evidence based knowledge, attitude and skills required to consult with a woman requesting contraception, and to appropriately provide a subdermal implant, manage complications and side effects.

CoSRH Course:

• Letter of Competence Subdermal Implants Techniques Insertion Only (LoC SDI-IO) (formally assessed)

eLearning

Below find eLearning resources from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) on the topic of postnatal care and well as other sources of advice on breastfeeding and medicine use.

RCGP resources listed below are either free for all, or free to RCGP Members to access. 

RCGP Resources:

• Breastfeeding^FREE
• Interventions for Treating Painful Nipples Among Breastfeeding Women (EKU 16, 2015)^{FREE to RCGP Members}
• Pregnancy Loss and Child Bereavement^FREE

Other Resources:

• The Breastfeeding Network: Drugs in Breastfeeding Factsheets^FREE
• Specialist Pharmacy Service: Breastfeeding Medicines Advice Service^FREE

Guidelines

Below find a collection of guideline resources covering postnatal care from the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (CoSRH), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Handbook of Non-Drug Interventions (HANDI). 

CoSRH Guidelines:

• Contraception after Pregnancy (Jan 2017; amended Oct 2020)^FREE

NICE Guidelines:

• Postnatal Care (NG 194, Apr 2021)^FREE

RACGP HANDI Guidelines:

• Behavioural Intervention: Infant sleep problems and maternal mood^FREE

Reviews

Below find review articles from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), and from the RCGP journal InnovAiT on on the topic of postnatal care.

Articles from The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG) below, which are not marked FREE or which are not open access, may require a subscription or institutional access to read the full content. Check with your university or hospital library regarding institutional access to articles from this journal. 

Access to InnovAiT is free to members of the RCGP through the MyRCGP login.

RCOG Reviews:

• Breastfeeding and Drugs (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 2021; 23: 94–102)
• Postpartum Contraception (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 2018; 20: 159-166)

InnovAiT Reviews:

• The Maternal 6-to-8 week Postnatal Check (InnovAiT 2025; 18(6): 317–324)
• Postpartum Maternal Wellbeing (InnovAiT 2022; doi:10.1177/17557380221096494)^{FREE to RCGP Members via MyRCGP Login}