Maternity Unit

The Diamond Jubilee Maternity Unit

Welcome to the Diamond Jubilee Maternity Unit, we hope that your time in our care will be as happy and as comfortable as possible.

These Maternity pages are here to help you find some of the answers to any question you may have about your pregnancy, labour and new baby. 

We hope that your experience and level of care at our Maternity unit during this time matches your expectations. 

To provide you with the quality service you deserve, and to help us involve you in the decisions around your care, we encourage you to tell our maternity staff about your needs and expectations so that your pregnancy, birth and postnatal care can be planned accordingly. 

We hope you enjoy your pregnancy – Our aim here at the Maternity unit is to assist you to have a safe, untroubled pregnancy and a healthy happy baby. 

If you have decided you want to give birth at the Diamond Jubilee Maternity Unit or would like some help to choose where to give birth, take a look at our virtual tour. This virtual tour has been specially designed for you to give an overview of the birth services we can provide for you and your family.

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Facts:

In the year since the Diamond Jubilee Maternity Unit opened, there have been 5,344 babies born including 94 sets of twins. Around 10% of all births were water births, and about one third of all babies were born in the new midwife-led unit.

Feedback:

Feedback has generally been very positive, including this from one family, ‘The midwives work within clean, bright and well equipped facilities. They treat their patients with a professional warmth that inspires confidence and builds trust. All the midwives appeared to want nothing but the very best for their patients’.

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