Routine screening for thyroid disease and proteinuria in pregnant women during each antenatal visit is no longer recommended, according to the latest edition of the RACGP’s Red Book.

Instead, GPs are advised to take a case-finding approach in at-risk women and only continue testing for proteinuria beyond the first visit if there is concern for pre-eclampsia.

The 10th edition of the Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice — last updated in 2016 — also includes new sections on anxiety, gambling and sleep disorders.

GP academic Professor Danielle Mazza, chair of the Red Book committee, said the expanded focus on women’s health highlighted the importance of supporting women “across their reproductive life span, from preconception care right through to postmenopause”.