Our expert maternity team will tailor our care to your needs. Our website and information on this app will provide you with information on what to expect if you choose to have your baby with us.
At the Whittington Hospital we are here for you from the very start the very end of your pregnancy journey. Our maternity unit is at the forefront of innovation. This includes partners staying overnight, enhanced recovery, midwifery-led induction of labour and normalising birth. Our team will guide and support you through this exciting time in your life.
We tailor maternity care to your individual needs, from your first antenatal appointment with a midwife
through to our midwives and health visitors seeing you and your baby at home after birth. This coordinated approach means that you will only have one care record with our Trust, which will enable you to enjoy a smoother journey of care during your pregnancy and beyond.
Once we have received your referral, you’ll be offered a series of appointments with a midwife. Most of your care will be provided by midwives in the community. If you have an intermediate or high-risk pregnancy our team of highly skilled obstetricians are here for you. During your pregnancy our midwives will check that you and your baby are well, give you useful information to help you have a healthy pregnancy (including healthy eating and exercise advice) and answer any questions you may have.
Our antenatal services include:
• Acupuncture
• Antenatal Ward
• Care of your body during pregnancy classes
• Community Midwives
• Maternity Assessment Day Unit
• Obstetric Medicine Clinic
• Parentcraft Classes
• Early Pregnancy Unit / Women’s Diagnostic Unit
Video tour of Whittington Hospital Maternity services
Our specialist services include
Our experienced Midwives and Obstetric consultants and specialised midwives provide excellent care for women with complicated pregnancies.
These specialist antenatal clinics/services include:
• FGM Service
• Antenatal Diabetes Clinic
• Fetal Medicine Service
• Safeguarding
• Twin Clinic
• Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section (VBAC)
• Obstetrics, Weight and Nutrition (OWN)
• Interpreting
• Whooping Cough and Flu Vaccine Service
• Maternity Acupuncture Service
At Whittington Health Maternity Service you will receive screening tests during your maternity pathway. Watch this video for details:
"We are committed to delivering top-quality patient care, excellent education and world class research."
At University College London Hospital, the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (EGA) Wing provides comprehensive, high quality care with the latest technology for women and their babies in the areas of gynaecology, maternity and neonatal care. Maternity services offer access to a full range of care options in different settings including home birth, community care, a co-located birth centre and our labour ward with a highly skilled team of midwives and obstetricians – and two dedicated theatres. The gynaecology service offers both inpatients and outpatients care, whilst the level 3 neonatal unit ensures the safest and highest quality care for babies born with us and from across London.
University College London Hospital maternity services virtual tour
Our specialist services include
Fetal medicine, maternal medicine and various maternity specialities to provide high quality care for women and their babies.
Fetal Medicine
Level 3 Neonatal Unit:
Our neonatal service is a recognised centre of excellence caring for acutely ill and preterm babies from our local area and beyond. We are the only level 3 neonatal unit in the area, which means we offer the highest level of intensive care to very ill babies, including a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
The Neonatal Unit provides 24-hour care for premature and sick babies. It is divided into three areas:
1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – provides support for babies with breathing problems and other specialist treatment needs.
2. High Dependency Unit (HDU) – provides support for babies who require less intensive care than babies in NICU, but are still not stable enough for care in the SCBU
3. Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) – provides support for babies who need tube feeding, additional oxygen support and light therapy (phototherapy)
Multiple Pregnancy Service
Speciality in the management of twin to twin transfusion syndrome in monochorionic twins; using fetoscopic laser ablation to placental vessels and has referral from all over the UK.
Fetal Medicine Unit provides a comprehensive service throughout pregnancy in the diagnosis and management of all fetal conditions. Our neonatal service is a recognised centre of excellence and our close relationship with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children allow us to offer unrivalled antenatal and postnatal care in:
• High risk pregnancies
• Prevention of Preterm birth
• Invasive prenatal diagnosis
• Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)
• Fetal therapy and surgeries
• Fetal Cardiac anomalies
• Down’s syndrome screening
• Early diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
• Spina bifida open fetal surgery
• Spina bifida surgery in the womb – ONLY done at UCLH
Maternal Medicine
Midwifery specialist services available at UCLH:
• Diabetes specialist
• Infant feeding specialists
• Peri-natal mental health
• Fear of Birth Clinics
• Safeguarding
• Bereavement
• Infectious diseases specialist
• Research midwives
At UCLH, we strive to provide top quality care to all our women and babies. In addition to our specialist care service, we provide care for other complex matters in pregnancy. Some of this are as follows:
• Body Mass Index during pregnancy
• Language barrier – where your first language is not English
• Planning a vaginal delivery after a caesarean section
• Peri-natal loss
• Care and long term management of third and fourth degree tears
• IVF pregnancies
• Previously undergone bariatric surgery
• Pre-eclampsia
• Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis (CHI)
• Haematology issues
At UCLHl you will receive screening tests during your maternity pathway. Watch this video for details:
Buses 14, 24, 73, 134 and 390 serve Tottenham Court Road north and southbound. The 73 (toward Oxford Circus) and the 390 (to Victoria) will stop outside University College Hospital on Euston Road.
Nearest tube stations are:
Warren Street (Northern / Victoria Lines)
Euston Square (Circle / Hammersmith & City / Metropolitan Lines)
Parking
University College Hospital does not have a designated car parking other than for patients with Blue Badges who are attending hospital outpatient appointments, day cases and the Emergency Department. However, we do have surrounding areas with car parking spaces through this link:
If you are driving to UCLH please be aware that most of our hospitals are within the congestion charge and the ultra low emissions zones. Find out more on the TFL website:
Congestion chargeUltra low emission zoneFor information on reclaiming the Congestion Charge click here.
For information on reclaiming the ULEZ charge click here.
"We are really pleased that you’re considering having your baby at North Middlesex University Hospital. Our expert maternity team will tailor our care to your needs."
Our expert maternity team will tailor our care to your needs. Our website and information on this app will provide you with information on what to expect if you choose to have your baby with us.
North Middlesex University Hospital maternity unit tour
Our specialist services include
Antenatal clinic for women who decline blood or blood product in pregnancy including Jehovah’s witnesses
Anaesthetic pre-assessment clinic
Birth Reflection unit
Birth options/ Complex Pregnancies requiring midwifery input/ Perinatal mental Health, Tokophobia/ Requesting birth out of guidance/ Maternal request for ELCS-no fetal or fetal co-morbidities
"Our vision is to ensure that women and their families are provided with excellence in maternity care, and services that are co-produced with our local MVP (Maternity Voice Partnership) and other service user representatives."
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is the largest provider of maternity services in the North Central London sector. We are proud to provide supportive, personalised and high-quality maternity care to more than 10,000 women living in and around Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Hertfordshire, Islington and Middlesex. We offer maternity care from several hospitals and community hubs. Our two main maternity hospitals are Barnet Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital. We also provide maternity services at Chase Farm Hospital, Edgware Community Hospital, Finchley Memorial Hospital and a range of health centres, GP practices, Children’s and Family Centres and other community locations. We are proud to be able to offer a number of birth place options supporting women who choose to birth at home, in our Barnet and Heath alongside birth centres, the freestanding Edgware Birth Centre, as well as in our consultant-led services on both our Barnet and Hampstead sites.
