Processes and clinical pathways
mental illness, infections, vaginal infections
PRE-ECLAMPSIA, VAGINAL INFECTION, INFECTIONS, COMPLICATIONS
Most women accessed maternity care relatively early (mean gestation at booking 10.2 weeks, SD 2.7). However, timing of booking to care is unlikely to be affected by the intervention as nearly all women were recruited after the first antenatal visit with a community midwife or scan appointment (mean gestation at randomisation 15.1 weeks, SD 3.5). Women felt supported with access to midwives at any time and more informal and flexible visits (e.g. more time, home visits, re-arrangements) and reported they could openly discuss more sensitive or personal circumstances (e.g. vaginal infections, mental illness). The majority of these women had medical and/or obstetric risk factors and reported experiences of management of complications (e.g. urine infections, induction of labour, pre-eclampsia); and highlighted how timely interventions and referrals to other professionals were done. Details of process outcomes (e.g. total number of visits, total inpatient nights, total number of referrals) are provided in 