University Hospital Lewisham

Address

Lewisham High Street

Lewisham

London SE13 6LH

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"We provide a full range of services and are able to offer women choices with the options of birthing at home, in our birth centre or our delivery suite.

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The delivery suite is led by our obstetric doctors and the birth centre is led by our experienced midwives. They are located near to each other.

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We aim to provide high quality individualised care and support all women within a service responsive to their needs."

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust has two acute maternity units; one on the Lewisham Hospital site and one on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site Woolwich.

Our maternity services support the births of around 8,000-9,000 babies per year. We also offer community clinics in all 3 boroughs; Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley providing care that is personalised, respectful and safe which is important to us.

At University Hospital Lewisham, we know that during pregnancy there are many choices to make and questions to answer which is why we have designed these app pages to support you and your family to have the best possible experience during this special time.

We are proud of our services and staff that work hard to achieve Trust values every day.

• We treat everyone with respect and compassion

• We work as a team to improve quality

• We take responsibility for our actions

• We work together for patients and colleagues

• We learn, develop and share knowledge

Our Birth Centre has been made a ‘Beacon Site’ (of only three in the country) for its outstanding care and statistics since it opened in May 2010.

The maternity service was reviewed by the Care Quality Commission in 2018 and was awarded a GOOD rating across all the 5 domains.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, our Trust is adhering to the latest government and NHS England guidance and this is subject to change.

Our specialist services include

Specialist obstetric clinics

• Specialist diabetic clinic
• Consultant midwife birth options clinic
• Listening clinics (professional midwifery advocates PMS)
• Perinatal mental health support
• Birth after caesarean team
• Caseloading midwifery team
• Homebirth team and service
• Neonatal intensive care (level 2)
• Vulnerable women’s team
• Substance and alcohol misuse services
• Smoking cessation services
• Fetal medicine services
• Infant feeding support
• Bereavement service
• High BMI clinic
• Immunisation team for maternal vaccine
• Telephone helpline unit

If you choose to have your baby at either University Hospital Lewisham or Queen Elizabeth Hospital or you may need to transfer between the units for care during pregnancy or labour, as they operate as one hospital trust (Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust). For more information about this, discuss with your midwife at your first booking appointment. Safe, supportive and personalised care is our priority.

Smoking Cessation Services

For Bexley: To arrange support call 0800 783 2514 or for more information you can visit http://www.smokefreebexley.co.uk/

For Greenwich: To arrange support call 0800 470 4831 , text QUIT to 60060 or email lg.smokefreegreenwich2030@nhs.net. Further details available on our website: Live Well Greenwich – Stop Smoking

For Lewisham: To arrange support call 0800 0820 388 or email quit@smokefreelewisham.co.uk . Clinic details are available on our website: https://www.smokefreelewisham.co.uk/services/clinics/

University Hospital Lewisham

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By Bus: A number of buses stop outside the hospital including: 47, 54, 75 (24 hours),

122, 136, 185, 199, 208, 284, 484, P4, N36, N47.

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Address

Stadium Road

Woolwich

London SE18 4QH

Social media accounts:

"We provide a full range of services and are able to offer women choices with the options of birthing at home, in our birth centre or our delivery suite.

The delivery suite is led by our obstetric doctors and the birth centre is led by our experienced midwives. They are located next to each other.

We aim to provide high quality individualised care and support all women within a service responsive to their needs."

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust has two acute maternity units; one on the Lewisham Hospital site and one on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site Woolwich.

Our maternity services support the births of around 8,000-9,000 babies per year. We also offer community clinics in all three boroughs; Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley providing care that is personalised, respectful and safe which is important to us.

At Queen Elizabeth Hospital we know that during pregnancy there are many choices to make and questions to answer which is why we have designed these app pages to support you and your family to have the best possible experience during this special time.

We are proud of our services and staff that work hard to achieve Trust values every day.

• We treat everyone with respect and compassion

• We work as a team to improve quality

• We take responsibility for our actions

• We work together for patients and colleagues

• We learn, develop and share knowledge

Our Birth Centre is situated along side our delivery suite and has 4 beautiful birthing rooms each with a pool. Our experienced midwifery team support you in your choices facilitating positive birth experiences.

The maternity service was reviewed by the Care Quality Commission in 2018 and was awarded a GOOD rating across all the 5 domains.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, our Trust is adhering to the latest government and NHS England guidance and this is subject to change.

Our specialist services include

• Specialist obstetric clinics
• Specialist diabetic clinic
• Consultant midwife birth options clinic
• Listening clinics (professional midwifery advocates PMS)
• Perinatal mental health support
• Birth after caesarean team
• Caseloading midwifery team
• Homebirth team and service
• Neonatal intensive care (level 2)
• Vulnerable women’s team
• Substance and alcohol misuse services
• Smoking cessation services
• Fetal medicine services
• Infant feeding support
• Bereavement service
• High BMI clinic
• Immunisation team for maternal vaccine
• Telephone helpline unit

Queen Elizabeth Birth Pool

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Princess Royal University Hospital

Address

Level 3

South Wing

Farnborough Common

Orpington BR6 9JU

“Our experienced team of doctors and midwives offer a wide range of birthing choices for women in superb surroundings.”

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s maternity service is based on two sites: King’s College Hospital on Denmark Hill and the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) in Farnborough Common. Both sites offer the full range of maternity services.

At the PRUH site we pride ourselves on working hard to provide a service that reflects our Trust values and the promises we have made to abide by these as employees and this is reflected in our service vision.

At the PRUH site, the midwifery team provide midwifery services in a wide range of community settings and these have care pathways set up to support women requiring varying types of support in pregnancy such as perinatal mental health, diabetes, safeguarding and substance misuse. Our catchment area is large, covering the London Boroughs of Bromley and Bexley. Therefore our community teams are divided into four geographical areas; Beckenham, Bexley and West Bromley, Orpington and Bromley central. Whilst our continuity of carer models were paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our aim in 2021 is to create a continuity team in each of these four areas so that all women with more complex needs in their pregnancies can benefit from our enhanced models of care. We also have a low risk continuity of carer team based in the Oasis Birth Centre – in this pathway women receive antenatal care in the birth centre by the midwives based there, so that they are familiar with the environment before they attend in labour.

Our specialist services include

We offer specialist consultant led care for women requiring obstetric input for abnormally invasive placentas, liver disease, renal disease and other co-morbidities. The PRUH site is a primary unit with a level 1 special care baby unit, therefore pregnancies known to require neonatal intensive care will be transferred to the Denmark Hill site for delivery. We offer a consultant midwife birth choices clinic, VBAC group sessions, homebirth service, continuity of carer diabetes pathway and a perinatal mental health service. Ultrasound screening takes place at the Harris Birthright Centre; the department is involved in a lot of research and the department’s research portfolio continues to expand as our experience in these area improves.

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King’s College Hospital – Denmark Hill

Address

King’s College Hospital

Denmark Hill

London SE5 9RS

“Highly skilled and knowledgeable midwives, doctors and support workers work together to offer safe, high quality care to women and their families ensuring this care is safely planned with the women.”

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s maternity service is based on two sites: King’s College Hospital on Denmark Hill and the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) in Farnborough Common. Both sites offer the full range of maternity services.

At the Denmark Hill site we pride ourselves on working hard to provide a service that reflects our Trust values and the promises we have made to abide by these as employees and this is reflected in our service vision.

At the Denmark Hill site, the midwifery team provide midwifery services in a wide range of community settings and these have care pathways set up to support women requiring varying types of support in pregnancy such as perinatal mental health, migrant women, safeguarding and substance misuse, utilising our successful continuity of carer and caseload models. These models have currently been paused as a result of staffing challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic but when fully operational, an average of 17% of women benefited from our enhanced models of care.

Our specialist services include

The Denmark Hill site is a tertiary unit with a level 3 neonatal unit. We care for women being referred for fetal medicine reviews in our world-renowned Fetal Medicine institute.

We also have specialist services for women with abnormally invasive placentas, liver disease, renal disease and other co-morbidities.

The department also boasts a world class hypertension service which is integral to the comorbidity profile of the population we serve.

These fetal medicine and hypertension services have allowed the department to be involved in a lot of research and the department’s research portfolio continues to expand as our experience in these area improves.

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