Delivery Suite at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Our Delivery Suite has purpose-built, modern facilities with dedicated healthcare professionals available 24-hours a day on site to ensure that you and your baby receive high quality care during your labour.
We have 17 rooms in the Delivery Suite which include a dedicated high risk room and one room with a birth pool for birthing people who would like to be in water during labour. We also have portable pools.
All rooms have access to birthing aids, such as birthing balls, birthing stools and bean bags to encourage an active labour.
The Delivery Suite is able to offer the full range of options for coping with labour, including birthing pool, gas and air (Entonox), pethidine and epidural.
It is staffed and equipped to deal with all situations, in particular if medical intervention may be needed for you and your baby.
We will support you in every way we can in having a positive birth experience.
Who our service is for
If your pregnancy has not been straightforward, then you are likely to have your baby in the Delivery Suite.
You can also choose to have your baby in the Delivery Suite if your pregnancy has been straightforward.
Take a look at active birth positions to try with a peanut shaped birthing ball: Peanut birth ball positions
Location
First floor main building, Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Use the main entrance on Stadium Road, London SE18 1QH
Phone: 020 8836 4522 or 020 8836 4523
Any questions?
If you have any non-urgent enquiries, why not ask Edie our E-Midwife: LG.e-midwife@nhs.net
Refer yourself today
Did you know you can refer yourself for an appointment with one of our midwives without speaking to your GP first?
You can self-refer by calling our Maternity Helpline on:
020 8836 4491.
Or fill out our online self-referral form for maternity services
Maternity referral and support Information
Refer yourself today
Did you know you can refer yourself for an appointment with one of our midwives without speaking to your GP first?
You can self-refer by calling our Maternity helpline on 020 8836 4491.
Or fill out our online self-referral form for maternity services.
If in doubt, call the midwife!
It is now even easier to speak to one of our midwives to answer any questions you may have about pregnancy, birth or your newborn baby with our Maternity Helpline: 020 8836 4491.
Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm.
Pregnancy checks and screening tests
During your pregnancy we'll offer a range of tests that are designed to make your pregnancy safer, assess the development and wellbeing of you and your baby, or to screen for particular conditions.
It is your choice whether to have a test. So that you can make an informed decision, find out about your choices of screening tests during your pregnancy and for your baby. There are easy read guides to the screening tests for you and your baby. This information is available in a number of languages.
Healthy Start Vouchers
If you receive certain benefits and have a low income, you may be eligible to receive free vouchers for milk, fruit, vegetables and vitamins.
Find out how to apply for Healthy Start Vouchers.
Get your Questions Answered at an Online Early Pregnancy Evening
For a virtual tour of our facilities at University Hospital Lewisham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital or Queen Mary's Hospital, to ask our midwives any questions, and to find out more about the maternity services in your area, please come along to one of our monthly online pregnancy evenings.
Find out more and sign up here.
Further information
Breastfeeding welcome — find a breastfeeding welcome venue near you.
Off to the best start (leaflet).
National Childbirth Trust — 0300 330 0700 (8am-midnight).
National Breastfeeding Helpline — 0300 100 0212 (9.30am-9.30pm).
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers — 0844 412 2949.
Breastfeeding Network — 0300 100 0210 (9.30am-9.30pm).
La Leche League — 0845 120 2918.
For more information about drugs in breast milk email: druginformation@breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk.
The 'Baby Buddy' app, which you can download to your phone, takes you through life with your baby using interactive information and films.