Barts and The London Maternity Service | Our support services
Our support services
Stop smoking service
Pregnant women can have one-to-one or group counselling to help them give up smoking. We also provide help and advice on using nicotine replacement products. For more information call on freephone 0800 169 1943.
Supporting infant feeding
All new mothers' are offered advice, information and support however they choose to feed their baby. Breastfeeding is the healthiest choice for a mother and her baby and specialist support and help is available in hospital and at home. BLT community Breastfeeding Project Co-ordinator manages 14 breastfeeding support workers as well as trains and supervises eight volunteers. The volunteers are also co-ordinated by Barts and The London Volunteer Co-ordinator when on the postnatal ward. During pregnancy women are offered breastfeeding support through antenatal clinics and classes. After their baby is born support is offered on the ward, at home, at postnatal clinics, groups and by telephone.
Information leaflets
- Breast feeding support in Tower Hamlets
- Off to the best start - important information about feeding your baby
- Breastfeeding for mums with diabetes
- Guide to bottle feeding
- Breastfeeding at work
- Baby and you: your breastfeeding journey
Antenatal classes and pain relief sessions
We run a number of different classes for pregnant women. For information about antenatal classes and pain relief sessions please click here.
Physiotherapy
There is a specialist team of obstetric physiotherapists who offer treatment for pregnancy-related problems such as back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome (pain and aching, numbness or weakness in the fingers).
Advocacy / Interpreter Service
We have a Bengali and Somali Health Advocacy and Interpreting Service available for our expectant mothers during the daytime, weekday evenings and 9am-5pm at weekends. Outside of these hours support is still available and our staff will arrange this for you.
For details about our advocacy service, please call 020 7377 7280.
Patient Advice and Liaision Services (PALS)
Please contact PALS for advice, information or support, or with any questions or comments you may have about the care provided at the hospital. Our contact details are below:
Barts and The London PALS - 020 359 42040/42050 (answer phone out of hours or weekends)
Second floor, Central Tower
The Royal London Hospital
Whitechapel Road
London E1 1BB
Tower Hamlets PALS - 0800 389 3093
2nd floor Mile End Hospital
Bancroft Road
London
E1 4DG
