Consumers
Information for parents and carers
Pregnancy
- Having a miscarriage (PDF, 492kB)
- Steroids in pregnancy (PDF, 283kB)
- COVID-19 and pregnancy (PDF, 425kB)
- Diabetes in pregnancy (developed by the Queensland Health Statewide Diabetes Clinical Network)
- What is gestational diabetes (PDF, 611kB)
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus booklet (PDF, 945kB)
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus- Important postnatal information (PDF, 707kB)
- Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (PDF, 2.84MB)
- Commencing Insulin therapy (PDF, 800kB)
- Metformin information (PDF, 540kB)
- Ectopic pregnancy (PDF, 406kB)
- Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy (PDF, 382kB)
- High blood pressure (hypertension) in pregnancy (PDF, 648kB)
- Induction of labour (PDF, 532kB)
- Iron deficiency: A guide to taking iron tablets (PDF, 261kB) - Developed by Lifeblood (Australian Red Cross) (New Dec 2019)
- Pain and bleeding in pregnancy (PDF, 513kB)
- Methotrexate for ectopic pregnancy (PDF, 503kB)
- Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) (PDF, 820kB)
- Term prelabour rupture of membranes (Term PROM) (PDF, 748kB)
- Rh D negative woman and pregnancy (PDF, 719kB)
- Seatbelts and pregnancy (PDF, 394kB)
- Substance use in pregnancy (PDF, 321kB)
- Syphilis in pregnancy (PDF, 402kB)
- Syphilis in pregnancy and Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) (PDF, 402kB)
- Termination of pregnancy (PDF, 749kB)
- VTE in pregnancy (a blood clot in the vein) (PDF, 277kB)
- Pregnancy after bariatric surgery or with a weight above a healthy range (PDF, 458kB)
Labour, birth and following birth
- Bleeding after birth (PDF, 525kB)
- Bleeding after birth - Severe (PDF, 403kB)
- Early labour (PDF, 774kB) (Updated Dec 2022)
- Fetal monitoring in labour (PDF, 512kB)
- Intrapartum pain management (PDF, 743kB)
- Instrumental vaginal birth (PDF, 858kB)
- Perineal tears (PDF, 676kB)
- Perineal tears - third and fourth degree (PDF, 811kB)
- Preterm labour and birth (PDF, 264kB)
- Grief after your baby dies (PDF, 200kB)
- What to expect after your baby dies (PDF, 387kB)
- Autopsy examination of a baby (PDF, 440kB)
- Vaginal birth after caesarean section (PDF,538)
Newborn babies
- Babies born very early (PDF, 322kB)
- COVID-19 and breastfeeding (PDF, 302kB)
- Breastfeeding your baby (PDF, 388kB)
- Breastfeeding and medicines (PDF, 568kB)
- Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (PDF, 337kB)
- Neonatal (newborn) abstinence syndrome (NAS) (PDF, 301kB)
- Antidepressants and your baby (PDF, 447kB)
- Jaundice in newborn babies (PDF, 376kB) (Updated Dec 2022)
- Newborn hypoglycaemia (PDF, 452kB)
- Newborn resuscitation (PDF, 422kB)
- Newborn bloodspot screening test (PDF,393kB)
- Routine newborn assessment (PDF, 481kB)
- Small for gestational age baby (PDF, 842kB)
- Seizures in newborn babies (PDF, 351kB) (Updated Dec 2022)
- Baby needing transfer (PDF, 360kB)
The parent information sheets below are made available for ease of reference and were not developed by Queensland Health
- Newborn bloodspot screening video for parents and carers—Video for parents and carers about the newborn bloodspot screening test (2 minutes)
- Your Baby’s Movements And What They Mean—Parent information (PSANZ Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Alliance)
- Your Baby's Movements brochure for women—Parent information (Stillbirth CRE)
- Baby CPR video for parents—Video for parents and carers about how to resuscitate a baby. Developed by CPR Kids. (Updated Sep 2019)
- Red Nose information statement: Safe sleeping- sharing a sleep surface with a baby (PDF, 909kB)
- Australian Breastfeeding Association: Breastfeeding and co-sleeping
Consumer representation
Consumers representatives participate in statewide working parties as part of a multidisciplinary team that also includes doctors, midwives, nurses and allied health staff. Working parties provide expert opinion on the scope and content of clinical guidelines and related works. The consumer role may include commenting on aspects of care, sensitive and respectful language, and the flow of information.
QCG Consumer engagement strategy (PDF, 298kb) (Updated March 2020) - details how Queensland Clinical Guidelines (QCG) and consumers work together during development of clinical guidelines and related works.
Consumer role description (PDF, 209kb) (Updated Jan 2022) – Details the role, requirements and selection of consumer representatives.
Payment for QCG consumer representatives (PDF, 368kb) (updated Sep 2019) - Consumers selected for working party membership are paid a standard fee for participating
Become a QCG consumer representative
What to do (complete both steps):
- Register as a consumer representative - receive email notifications about opportunities to participate (must be a member of a consumer organisation)
- Submit a brief expression of interest (EOI) for each opportunity that interests you (Instructions are contained within notification emails)
Two consumer representatives will usually be selected for each working party or guideline related work.
Requirements for working party membership
To participate in a working party consumer representatives are required to:
- Be endorsed by a consumer organisation to represent the views of it’s members
- Declare conflicts of interest when submitting an EOI
- Sign the Consumer Engagement Agreement agreeing to the Code of Conduct
- Consent to a Criminal History Check (once only) – required under the Public Services Act
- Complete an induction to QCG (once only)
Criminal History Checks and compliance to the Code of Conduct for the Queensland Public Service are required for all employees, volunteers, students, consultants and independent contractors under the Public Service Act and Queensland Government policy.
Access to a phone, computer and internet, and some computer literacy is required as working parties do not meet face-to-face. No formal qualifications are necessary.
Queensland Health employees can not be remunerated for consumer representation.
Further information
See the Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 380kb) or contact us
