Maternity services - visiting information
To protect patients and staff, no one should be visiting the hospital if they are experiencing COVID-19 or flu like symptoms, diarrhoea and/or vomiting.
Your Pregnancy (Antenatal)
- Basildon Hospital — Cedar ward.
- Broomfield Hospital — Antenatal ward.
- Southend Hospital — Margaret Broom 1 (MB1).
One nominated person may stay with you throughout your stay. They must read and sign the visiting agreement.
Siblings may visit between 8am and 8pm.
General visiting on all postnatal wards is from 1pm to 7pm.
A maximum of two adult visitors may be at the bedside at any one time. Visitors under 16 are not permitted unless they are siblings of the newborn.
Triage/ Assessment Areas/ Scans (including fetal medicine)
These are outpatient services, so visiting times do not apply.
One adult may accompany you to appointments and scans, and this can be a different person each time.
We recommend that young children do not attend, as these are busy clinical areas. If childcare is unavailable and you need to bring a young child, please keep them safely secured in a pushchair or buggy.
Your Birth - Labour
- Basildon Hospital — Labour ward / Willow ward.
- Broomfield Hospital — Labour ward.
- Southend Hospital — Central Delivery Suite/ Midwife-Led birthing unit.
Two nominated birthing partners may stay with you throughout established labour.
If you are staying on the ward and are not in labour, one nominated person may stay with you throughout your stay. They must read and sign the visiting agreement.
Siblings may visit between 8am and 8pm.
General visiting is from 1pm to 7pm.
A maximum of two adult visitors may be at the bedside at any one time. Visitors under 16 are not permitted unless they are siblings of the newborn.
After Birth
- Basildon Hospital — Cedar ward.
- Broomfield Hospital — Postnatal ward.
- Southend Hospital — Margaret Broom 2 (MB2).
One nominated person may stay with you throughout your stay. They must read and sign the visiting agreement.
Siblings may visit between 8am and 8pm.
General visiting on all postnatal wards is from 1pm to 7pm.
A maximum of two adult visitors may be at the bedside at any one time. Visitors under 16 are not permitted unless they are siblings of the newborn.
Premature and sick babies (Neonatal)
Basildon Hospital — Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU).
Broomfield Hospital — Neonatal unit.
Southend Hospital — Neonatal unit.
Parents and siblings
Parents are partners in their baby’s care and may be with their baby at any time, day or night. Siblings may also visit at any time.
Other visitors
A maximum of two adults aged 16 or over may be at the cot side at one time. One must be a parent.
Please note- Visitors may be asked to leave the cot side during clinical procedures or ward rounds.