Maternity

Online Self Referral for Maternity Care at St George’s

Welcome to St George’s Maternity Unit. We look forward to caring for you and your baby during pregnancy, birth and afterwards.

Follow this link if you are pregnant and would like to have your baby at St George’s to complete the online self referral form – completing this will start the pathway to get a booking appointment with a midwife. You can use this form before contacting your GP.

This form can also be completed by healthcare professionals e.g. GP’s to refer patients to our maternity care pathways.

Please try to complete before 7 weeks of pregnancy (OR as soon as you know you are pregnant after that gestation, OR as soon as you decide on a transfer of care). Once the referral has been processed, you will receive a letter with a midwife appointment. This can take 2-3 weeks.

Early Pregnancy Unit

For pregnancies less than 14 weeks

Tel: 0208 725 0093

For concerns such as vaginal bleeding or abdominal pain, the EPU is a clinic open for walk-ins Monday–Saturday, 08:30–11:00am.

Please walk in to the clinic within these hours or leave a message with your name and telephone number on the answerphone and a nurse will call you back between (approximately) 14:00–16:30pm.

Out of hours, please attend your nearest A&E

Maternity Triage Line

For pregnancies more than 14 weeks

Tel: 0208 725 2777

This is a telephone advice and assessment line run by Midwives. They can provide advice, reassurance and support if you have any urgent concerns during pregnancy (from 14 weeks onwards), for labour care, or after you have had your baby

You can call the triage line any time in the day or night, 7 days a week. Out of hours you will be given the option to select a ward to speak with.

If you have concerns such as:

• Baby moving less than usual
• You think your waters have broken
• Vaginal bleeding
• Severe abdominal pain
• Severe headaches

Please select the option to speak with Delivery Suite if your call goes to the automated message.

WhatLanguage Do You Need? (Translation Services)

If English is not your first language, please let us know if you require an interpreter. We can provide a face to face interpreter for outpatient care, and we always have telephone translation services available 24 hours a day in all settings.

Maternity Unit Tour

We have created this maternity tour video to show you the unit, how to get there and what to expect. We hope this is helpful for you.

Feedback from our service users can be found on www.nhs.uk

Carmen Birth Centre Tours 2025

We are offering Carmen Birth Centre Tours for all pregnant people (low-risk pregnancies) wanting to use the Birth Centre for labour and birth. On Sunday mornings and Monday evenings. To book, please call Carmen Birth Centre on 0208752039 or ask your midwife to book for you at your next appointment.

Delivery Suite

Our absolute priority is to ensure the safety of all our patients and to achieve the best possible outcomes. Unfortunately, this may mean that we will not always be able to offer our full range of birthing options. At times, we may need to temporarily close our Birth Centre to redirect our staff to other areas of clinical need in order to maintain safety across the unit.

Please be assured that we will make every effort to keep the Birth Centre closed for the shortest time possible, whilst we maintain midwifery-led care in the Delivery Suite.

In 2024, we opened our new water birth facilities in the Delivery Suite, so that we can continue to offer this choice of birth for all.

The delivery suite is a relaxing birth environment, as pictured above.

If you need additional support, please contact our Consultant Midwife on maternity.experience@stgeorges.nhs.uk

What our service users say:

“I want to reassure you that your staff are doing a fantastic job despite the huge demands placed on them.”

“My husband and I will be forever grateful to the individuals involved and the NHS for the extremely high level of care provided.”

“The team were absolutely brilliant, I cannot thank them enough”.