Maternity

Maternity & Gynaecology

To achieve women’s expectations the service aims to offer a friendly, supportive and safe service for women, their partners, babies and their families. They believe in promoting normality in pregnancy and labour and strive to maximise one to one care during labour, promotion of skin to skin and breastfeeding.

Websitewww.sthk.nhs.uk

Telephone: 0151 4261600

Infant Feeding

Supporting mums and families with all aspects of infant feeding. We offer text message and phone support as well as home visits and Baby Café meet ups with a cuppa. For older babies we have community events for weaning advice, hints, tips and recipes.

Telephone: 01744 371 111

Website: www.sthelenswellbeing.org.uk

Email: chcp.sthelens@nhs.net

Baby Buddy App

Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.

Download from: Google Play: Baby Buddy

Download from: iTunes: Baby Buddy

Early Pregnancy Clinic/Midwifery

Whiston Hospital, Prescot

Patients should contact the clinic directly; they will then be triaged by a member of the clinical team which may result in an appointment date and time to attend for a blood test and / or ultrasound scan.

Patients must call to make an appointment even if they have been referred by a healthcare professional.

Attendance at the Early Pregnancy Clinic is by appointment only.

Telephone: 0151 2904 356

Family Nurse Partnership

Giving information and advice to mothers aged 19 and under.

Website: www.fnp.nhs.uk