When mothers need more: Postnatal care and complex social needs
From BJGP Interviews by The British Journal of General Practice
June 9, 2026 · 22 min · Season 5 · Episode 234
About this episode
The episode discusses the complexities of social needs in postnatal care with Dr Clare Macdonald.
Today, we’re speaking to Dr Clare Macdonald, an Academic Clinical Lecturer in General Practice based at the University of Birmingham. Title of paper: Complex social needs and maternal postnatal care: what can primary care do? Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2026.0069 Throughout the discussion we use the terms ‘woman’ and ‘women’, but we know that not all those who give birth will identify as women and intend this to mean all those who give birth. Transcript This transcript was generated using AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Please be aware it may contain errors or omissions. Speaker A 00:00:00.480 - 00:00:51.740 Hello and welcome to BJ GP Interviews. I'm Nada Khan and I'm one of the Associate Editors of the Journal. Thanks for listening to this podcast today. In today's episode, we're speaking to Dr. Claire MacDonald. Claire is an academic clinical lecturer in general practice, and she's based at the University of Birmingham. We're here today to talk about the editorial she's just published in the May issue of the bjgp, and it's titled Complex Social Needs and Maternal Postnatal Care. What Can Primary Care Do? So, hi, Clare, it's lovely to meet you and to…
People in this episode
Host: Nada Khan
Guest: Dr Clare Macdonald
Topics covered
- postnatal care
- complex social needs
- primary care
- maternal health
- general practice
Keywords
- postnatal care
- social needs
- maternal health
- primary care
- BJGP
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Birmingham, BJGP, The British Journal of General Practice
Books & works: Complex social needs and maternal postnatal care: what can primary care do?
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