Your birth, our care
We are committed to providing you with exceptional care and support throughout your pregnancy, labour, and birth, ensuring a safe, comfortable, and positive experience. To familiarise yourself with our maternity services, take a look at our virtual maternity video tours, which provide an informative glimpse into our labor and delivery suites, birthing rooms, and postnatal care facilities.
Learn more about the stages of labour and birth at https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/labour-and-birth.
Note: Postnatal ward visiting hours are 9am to 8.30pm at all hospitals. At all sites, a partner can attend throughout the induction process between 9am and 8.30pm. Once in established labour, the second birth partner can attend. If you have Covid-19, you can have one birthing partner. If your planned birth partner has Covid-19, they cannot attend.
Getting ready for birth resources
Ready to meet your little one? Check out our helpful resources for expectant parents, including information on preparing for birth and choosing a birthing location.
- Preparing for labour: www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/labour-and-birth/preparing-for-the-birth/pack-your-bag-for-labour/
- Where to give birth (the options): www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/labour-and-birth/preparing-for-the-birth/where-to-give-birth-the-options/
- Fetal movement: www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/pregnancy-symptom-checker/baby-fetal-movements
- Signs of labour: www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/labour-and-birth/signs-of-labour/signs-that-labour-has-begun/
- Induction for labour: Inducing labour - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Stages of labour and birth and fetal monitoring: www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/labour-and-birth/what-happens/the-stages-of-labour-and-birth/
- Pain relief in labour: https://www.labourpains.org/
- Assisted delivery (ventouse or forceps): www.rcog.org.uk/for-the-public/browse-all-patient-information-leaflets/assisted-vaginal-birth-ventouse-or-forceps/
- Caesarean delivery: www.nhs.uk/conditions/caesarean-section/
- Optimal cord clamping: www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/giving-birth/delayed-cord-clamping-optimal
- Perineal and episiotomies: www.rcog.org.uk/tears
- Skin to skin: www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/baby-friendly-resources/implementing-standards-resources/skin-to-skin-contact/
- Benefits of breastfeeding: www.nhs.uk/conditions/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/breastfeeding/benefits/
- Hand expressing: www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/baby-friendly-resources/breastfeeding-resources/hand-expression-video/
- Vitamin K: www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/giving-birth/making-your-birth-plan
Virtual tours
Feedback
We value your feedback on any of this information or any experience of your maternity and or neonatal journey that you would like to share with us.
- Patient experience team - visit Patient Experience at MSE
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Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)- visit Patient Advice and Liaison Service
- Complete the Friends and Family survey - https://ratemynhs.co.uk/entry/30ec13f8-9525-4311-b3ca-3e1464ae51ec?fbclid=IwAR1Vx9ZCZUrAGdy-aXXVN6V-qyiMpKTKBpsOoMl3WkHm3_w2Kua2vQG9h80.
Contact details
Basildon Hospital
Address: Nether Mayne, Basildon SS16 5NL
Contact numbers:
- Community’s Secretary Service- call 01268 394599, between Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.00pm.
- Mulberry Assessment Centre- call 01268 394718 and speak to one of our team members.
- Willow Suite (midwifery-led birthing unit)- call 01268 524900 and then use the extension number 4597 or 3823.
- Delivery Suite- call 01268 524900 and then use the extention number 4598 or 3550.
- Cedar Suite- call 01268 524900 and then use the extention number 8088 or 4596.
Broomfield Hospital
Address: Court Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7ET
Contact numbers:
- Labour ward for women and birthing people starting from17 weeks and onwards: 01245 513056 or 01245 513057. The service is available 24/7 to offer expert care and advice.
- Triage/Day assessment unit, open 24/7- call 01245 513355.
- Postnatal ward, open 24/7- call 01245 513566.
Southend Hospital
Address: Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 0RY
Contact number:
- Women’s clinic- call 01702 435555 and then use the extention number 5515, between Monday to Friday, from 8.00am to 4.00pm.
- Community- call 01702 435555 and then use the extention number 5487, between Monday to Friday, from 8.00am to 4.00pm.
- Central delivery suite- call 01702 435555 and then use the extention number 6485 or 6487. The team is available 24/7 to offer expert care and advice.Midwifery-led birthing unit- call 01702 435555 and then use the extention number 5261. The team is available 24/7 to offer expert care and advice.
- Feeding specialist- call 01702 435555 and then use the extention number 7296, between Monday to Friday, from 8.00am to 4.00pm.
- Perinatal wellbeing services- call 01702538170 and speak to one of our team members, between Monday to Friday, from 9.00am to 5.00pm.
- Infant feeding specialist midwives: call 01702 435555 and then use the extention number 7296, between Monday to Friday, from 8.00am to 4.00pm.
William Julien Courtauld birthing unit
Address: Rayne Road, St Michael's Health Centre, Braintree, CM7 2QU
Contact numbers:
- Birthing unit and community- call 01376 555943 or use the extention numbers or 2943 and 2321. The team is available 24/7 to offer support and advice.
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