Maternity Services

Last updated: Thursday 12 September 2024

General introduction

We are here to support you through your maternity journey offering a flexible service to meet your individual needs.

We will support you to make informed choices around where to birth your baby and hold the professional skills to support birth either in the home or in our Maternity Unit. All facilities provide a spacious, clean bright environment for women their babies and families.

We work as a close multi professional team to ensure that you receive the care that you need: In the right place, at the right time with the right professionals supporting your journey. Whether you have a straightforward pregnancy or more complex needs we will work with you to provide safe, individualised and effective care.

Our Maternity Unit supports an average of 8 women each day to birth their babies, whether your choice is to deliver at home or here at Warrington in our Maternity Unit or Midwifery-Led Unit (MLU) – The Nest.

We will welcome you to have your baby with us at any stage of your pregnancy, even if you have already arranged to have your baby elsewhere.

Working to all the recommendations in The National Better Births document, we are able to offer further reassurance in our continuous improvement culture.

If you experience any of the following we would advise that you contact the hospital for advice call the Birth Suite on 01925 662334.

If you experience regular contractions which are approximately 5 minutes apart and last at least 1 minute over a few hours OR at any time if you think you may be in labour.

If you experience contractions before 37 weeks pregnant
If you think that your waters have broken even if your contractions have not started
If you are worried about the pattern of your baby's movements
If you experience any continuous abdominal pain
If you have any fresh red bleeding
If you feel unwell, particularly severe headache, severe heartburn and blurred vision
If you are experiencing severe itching.

How to access this service

Once your pregnancy has been confirmed, you can contact us directly to arrange a booking appointment with a midwife, whether you live within the Warrington area or outside of the catchment area you can self-refer to us, you do not need to be referred via your GP.

Please complete the form below.

https://www.badgernotes.net/SelfReferral/CareLocation/warrington

If you do not hear from us within five days please contact the Community Midwives Team on 01925 662092 between Monday to Friday, 9am and 5pm (answerphone available out of office hours).

About the team

You may be seen by one of our advanced practitioners who often have several years of experience within the NHS, as nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and midwives within the clinical speciality. They apply their clinical skills and decision making to provide high level of knowledge and clinical care to our patients and their families.