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Our clinical services

Maternity Services 

Please note, the Maternity Unit will be moving into the Women’s Centre in the new building from 20 February 2012. Please click on the link for more details.

Most of our maternity services, including all assisted and operative births are based at the Royal London Hospital. Another option for care and birth is provided at our stand alone Birth Centre on the Isle of Dogs. Care is also provided directly to women and their families in the community.

Please click on each of the links below for more details.

• Midwifery-led care in the community
• Antenatal clinics
  Midwifery-led antenatal clinic for women with low-risk pregnancies
  Consultant-led antenatal clinic for women with high-risk pregnancies
  Pre-counselling clinic for women with heart problems
  Specialist joint diabetes/endocrine clinic for women with diabetes and other endocrine problems
  Specialist antenatal clinic for women with drugs and/or alcohol dependency or HIV
  Multiple births clinic

• VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean section) clinic
• Antenatal screening
• Combined screening for Down’s syndrome
• Fetal Medicine Unit
• Maternal Assessment Unit
• Birthing unit and obstetric theatre
• Anaesthetic/epidural services
• Pain relief in labour classes
• Obstetric Inpatient Unit
• Barkantine Birth Centre
• Home birth services
• Support for vulnerable women
• Newborn screening
• Midwifery supervision
• Neonatal unit