Maternity services talk at the Royal Oldham

The Royal Oldham hosts a free talk on ‘Maternity Services’ next week

Next Wednesday, April 4, the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust will be hosting a free talk on ‘Maternity Services’ at the Royal Oldham Hospital.  

Simon Mehigan, Divisional Director of Midwifery and Gynaecology, will be giving an overview of the services provided to pregnant women and their families at both the Royal Oldham and North Manchester Hospital sites.

The services have recently been classed as “Good” by the CQC having previously been classed as “requires improvement”.

His talk will also include details of how the Trust is working towards the government’s target to halve by 2025 the number of stillbirths in England, reduce the number of babies born on or around their due date that are unexpectedly admitted to the neonatal unit, and the most recent aim announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care that ”20% of women will receive continuity of carer by April 2019” in line with the recommendations of “Better Births”, the national review of maternity services published in 2016

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust helped just over 9,000 babies into the world in 2017, including 107 sets of twins.

Care is provided to women on two labour wards and in two birth centres, as well as supporting those women who choose to give birth at home.

Over 400 midwives and maternity support workers are employed across the two hospitals and in the community served.

The talk will be held on Wednesday between 2-3pm in the Education Centre at the Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road. 

All are welcome to attend to book your place contact Angela Greenwood on 01706 517302 or email membership@pat.nhs.uk

The event is free and is one of a series of ‘Medicine for Members’ events arranged to give the public and the Trust’s public members a greater insight into their local hospital and the services it provides.

So far, more than 12,500 people have signed up to become Trust members.