Colchester Hospital
Address
Turner Road, Colchester,
Essex CO4 5JL
“Our aim at Colchester Hospital maternity services is to provide individualised, high quality and safe care that meets the needs of you, your family and your baby, putting you at the centre of all we do.Whilst in our care, we will provide you with evidence based information to help you make informed decisions about all aspects of your care, so that you and your family feel confident about your pregnancy, birth and parenting your new baby. We will see you regularly to care for you, give you the opportunity to meet the teams working within our maternity services, answer questions and develop a plan with you that is tailored for you during this exciting time. Wherever you choose to have your baby, we want you to have the best birth experience and we will support you every step of the way. Our team treat all women and their families with sensitivity, kindness and respect, at all times maintaining professionalism and support in order to provide a complete service to you. We are delighted to support you throughout this very special time and look forward to welcoming you and your partner to one of our maternity departments very soon.”Colchester Hospital is part of East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust and we care for around 4,000 families each year.Everyone under the care of our maternity services has access to all the services we provide, a list of which can be found on this app. At Colchester Hospital, we know that during pregnancy, there are many choices to make and questions to answer, which is why we have designed these app pages, aiming to support you and your family to have the best possible experience during this special time. Providing care that is personalised, respectful and safe is important to us and we are proud of our services and the staff who work so hard to achieve these trust values every day.Our specialist services include
We have specialist midwives working in multidisciplinary teams, to provide care for women and families with complex needs. These include: smoking cessation, bereavement, safeguarding and a vulnerable women’s team called The Daisy Team. We have a screening and fetal medicine team, diabetes, birth choices, infant feeding and our newly launched community continuity of carer teams. We offer a wide range of antenatal education including twins and multiples classes and ‘Ask the Midwife’ sessions. Our hypnobirth classes are very popular. You can find more information on our website and here:Colchester Maternity Tour
Our neonatal unit provides care for babies requiring intensive care, high dependency care and special care. To avoid prolonged periods of separation between new mothers and their babies, our postnatal midwives and our neonatal nurses work closely with each other, providing care both in the neonatal unit and on our postnatal ward.