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Queensland Health
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Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Network
Clinical pathways
Use these forms to assess and record the care of patients and newborn babies during and after a vaginal, assisted or caesarean birth.
Birth record and maternal care
- Birthing record clinical pathway (PDF 615 kB)
- Birthing record clinical pathway birthing assessment – additional page (PDF 105 kB)
- Maternal birth clinical pathway community extension (PDF 314 kB)
Caesarean birth
- Caesarean birth clinical pathway (PDF 239 kB)
- Caesarean birth clinical pathway ongoing care – additional page (PDF 150 kB)
- Caesarean birth clinical pathway clinical events and variances – additional page (PDF 424 kB)
Vaginal and assisted birth
- Vaginal birth clinical pathway (PDF 390 kB)
- Vaginal birth clinical pathway ongoing care – additional page (PDF 255 kB)
- Vaginal birth clinical pathway clinical events and variances – additional page (PDF 421 kB)
- Assisted vaginal birth clinical pathway (PDF 234 kB)
Neonatal care
- Neonatal clinical pathway (PDF 730 kB)
- Neonatal clinical pathway ongoing care – additional page (PDF 499 kB)
- Neonatal clinical pathway clinical events and variances – additional page (PDF 338 kB)
- Neonatal clinical pathway community extension (PDF 320 kB)
Neonatal abstinence syndrome
- Neonatal abstinence syndrome clinical pathway (PDF 1026 kB)
- Neonatal abstinence syndrome clinical pathway ongoing care – additional page (PDF 225 kB)
- Neonatal abstinence syndrome clinical pathway clinical events and variances – additional page
(PDF 212 kB)
Pregnancy health record
Use these forms to record and track health information about your patient and their baby throughout pregnancy.
- Pregnancy health record (PDF 1545 kB)
- Pregnancy health record visit notes – additional page (PDF 187 kB)
- Pregnancy health record medical and obstetric issues and management plan – additional page (PDF 137 kB)
- Pregnancy health record – ieMR sites only (PDF 879 kB)
- Maternity booking in referral (PDF 161 kB)
- Have you registered your child’s birth flyer (PDF 84 kB)
Clinical guidelines
We have clinical guidelines on a range of topics including pregnancy, labour and birth, maternity health conditions and neonatal care.
Professional printing
Queensland Health staff can use the Winc managed print service to order professionally printed resources. Talk to your HHS for more information.
Last updated: 9 April 2025