COVID-19 update webinar series: COVID-19 & Pregnancy Part 2 – How hospitals & GPs can safely care for maternity patients

Presented by Women and Newborn Health Service at King Edward Memorial Hospital with WA Primary Health Alliance & RACGP

Presenters:

• Dr Sarah Smith: Hospital liaison GP King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH)
• Dr Scott White: Consultant obstetrician and maternal foetal medicine specialist at KEMH
• Dr Carly Roxburgh: Albany based rural GP/obstetrician and educator with Rural Clinical School WA
• Dr Jacquie Frayne: Fremantle based GP with an interest in antenatal care and perinatal mental health, and researcher at the University of Western Australia
• Barb Lourey: Midwifery obstetrics coordinator at Women and Newborn Health Service

Topics:
• Adapting existing models of care to accommodate the impact of COVID-19
• Tips for GPs to deliver safe care.
• Changes to antenatal schedule to include telehealth
• Tips for telehealth and face-to-face GP antenatal appointments.
• Postnatal support for mothers
• COVID-19 related GP support pathways for escalation of care, demonstration of HealthPathways
• Using the National Women Held Pregnancy Record (NWHPR) in the context of health systems changes due to high case numbers of COVID-19 in the community.

There is an opportunity for a Q&A session with the presenters.

2 RACGP CPD points.

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