Welcome to Maternity

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Urgent maternity care

Women and birthing people from 16 weeks of pregnancy and up to six weeks postnatal can access Maternity Triage at Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton.  

Please phone if:

  • Your baby's movements have changed or reduced
  • You have any concerns relating to pregnancy, eg pain, bleeding, feeling unwell
  • You think your waters have broken
  • You think you are in labour 
     

Royal Derby Hospital
Telephone: 01332 785 796


Queen's Hospital Burton

Telephone: 01283 593 038


If you think your baby’s movements have changed, contact Maternity services immediately. Do not put off calling until the next day to see what happens.


Get information on urgent maternity care >
 

Choosing your place of birth and labour

Get information on:

  • Hospital or home birth?
  • Our birth centres
  • Our labour wards
  • Video tours of maternity facilities
  • Supporting your labour and birth

     

Find out more on choosing your place of birth >

After baby is born

Get information on:

  • Our maternity wards
  • Our neonatal care units
  • Postnatal care at home
  • Meeting your baby for the first time
  • Using contraception after childbirth
  • Safer sleeping for baby and parents


Find out more about postnatal care >

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