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<p>Commissioners and providers should ensure that services offer a review of a woman’s
physical, emotional and social wellbeing by a healthcare professional at the end of
the postnatal period (six-eight weeks). National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
guidelines on postnatal care stipulate that a documented, individualised postnatal
care plan should be developed with the woman ideally in the antenatal period or as
soon as possible after birth.</p><p>All parents are also offered a thorough physical
examination for their baby within 72 hours of giving birth. This examination includes
screening tests to find out if a baby has any problems with their eyes, heart, hips
and, in boys, the testicles (testes). Parents are offered another physical examination
for their baby at the end of the postnatal period, as some of the conditions the NHS
screens for can take time to develop. This second examination is usually done at a
general practitioner’s (GP) surgery.</p><p>GPs may combine the two checks, for parent
and baby, at the same appointment.</p>
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