Maternity

Welcome to Maternity Services

Maternity Services in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are provided by teams of staff including midwives, obstetricians, anaesthetists, neonatologists, radiologists and other support staff.  The pattern of care provided to patients will depend on each woman's individual needs. Each year around 6,400 babies are born in the UHB either at home, in the Midwifery Led Birth Unit or in the Consultant Led Unit.  Following an extensive review of our Maternity Services our clinical services have been developed to meet the needs of local women and their families. 
 

Women's Unit Entrance


Public Involvement

The views of the public who use our services are important to us. If you would like to provide feedback on the care you received you can either write or send an e mail to:

 

Mary Coakley

Interim Head of Midwifery and Gynaecology Nursing
University Hospital of Wales
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF14 4XW 

 

MUMS Group

 

For Maternity Services, there is a local group of mothers, midwives and other health professionals who meet regularly. The group is called the MUMS Group (Mothers Using Maternity Services). They receive comments and feedback from mothers and aim to help improve maternity services. New members are always welcome and if you are interested in joining this group either telephone Anne Morgans, Head Clinical Governance Midwife on 029 2074 5190 or by e mail to anne.morgans@wales.nhs.uk. 

Supervision of midwives

The purpose of statutory supervision of midwives is to protect the public and to support and promote good midwifery practice, ensuring appropriate care is available to all women and their babies.  Every practising midwife has a supervisor of midwives who will support professional practice through up to date evidence based care. The UHB employs supervisors of midwives on behalf of the Local Supervising Authority, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales.

The role of the supervisor of midwives is instrumental in the continuing improvement of the quality of care given to women and their babies.  Effective supervision empowers midwifery as a profession, and through support, counseling and guidance enables midwives to provide high quality care in a variety of settings to meet the individual needs of women of childbearing age.

A supervisor of midwives is available on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This ensures midwives have access to support and advice.  If a member of the public wishes to speak to a supervisor of midwives, please contact the UHW switchboard by telephoning 029 2074 7747.
 
Maternity Information Leaflets Index
 
The Maternity Index contains information that will be helpful in your pregnancy and after your baby is born.  The website addresses are indicated for you to read or download the information that you need.  Limited paper copies are available, and there are also some copies in different languages.
If you require a paper copy please speak to your midwife.
 
 

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Last updated: 29 August 2012

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