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    St George’s Obstetric  Royal College of Anaesthetists ACSA accredited Anaesthetic Service is an innovative, energetic group of anaesthetists responding to the needs of a wide range of women and their needs during childbirth. 

    We offer both epidural, combined spinal epidural and remifentanil PCA analgesia in labour with  24h resident anaesthetic registrar cover and we have had a dedicated Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist on call rota since 2016. This allows us to respond to the needs of mothers to meet national audit standards

    Lead Consultant Anaesthetist: Dr Christina Wood

    Contact: 0208 725 3317

    What we do:

    A round-the-clock emergency service with a dedicated resident and Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist on call

    A planned Caesarean section service on weekdays as part of a dedicated operating list Monday – Friday

    High Risk Obstetric Anaesthetic Clinic for mothers with complex pregnancies which is closely linked to the highly regarded Fetal Medicine Unit

    We also run a Postnatal Follow Up Clinic service to meet the needs of mothers who have had difficult experiences or complications following anaesthesia procedures.

    Over 5000 women had their babies at St George’s in 2018. Around 31% of women received epidural analgesia , 88% within 30 min of request and 98% within 1 hour of request, with well below the national standard for complications.

    Jan – March 2019

    Over 93% of requests for epidural analgesia were attended to within 30 minutes and 98% within 1 hour. At follow up, 96% of women seen found their epidural analgesia Good to excellent and 97% would have epidural analgesia again.

    View the feedback for our service since we started collecting comments from families in 2014. In addition in 2018 these were the responses to these questions: