NHS boards ensure that women have high-quality and person-centred
community midwifery care that includes:

continuity of care during transfer to health visiting teams
regular health visitor and the family nurse partnership visits, where appropriate
ongoing physical, psychological and social assessments with signposting and referral
support and information for transition to parenthood, infant care and safe sleeping
support to self-manage postnatal recovery, where appropriate
access to early interventions for maternal and infant mental health and wellbeing (see Standard 10)
signposting or referral for pre-pregnancy advice and counselling for future pregnancies
gender-based violence risk assessment and appropriate follow-up.