Women with diabetes should be empowered to have a positive experience of pregnancy and childbirth. Providing the right information, advice and support reduces the risk of complications to mother and baby.
Use the following resources and tools to improve care for women with diabetes before, during and after pregnancy.

Shared practice examples
Resources
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Diabetes in pregnancy tools and resources, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence website
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National diabetes in pregnancy audit, Health and Social Care Information Centre website
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Statistics published by MBRRACE-UK in 2019 show Black women are five times more likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth or in the six-week postpartum period compared with white women. And the risk for Asian women is twice as high. Use this five-step guide produced by the Royal College of Gynaecologists (RCOG) and Five X More to help eradicate maternal health disparities in the UK.