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Ward Name: |
Labour Ward |
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Ward Location: |
RD&E Wonford Hospital |
Explanation / description: |
Labour ward is an emergency admission unit for pregnant women as well as a labouring and delivery area. The labour ward team consists of Midwives, Midwifery Assistants, Student Midwives, Consultant Obstetricians, Registrars, Senior House Officers and Medical Students, Anaesthetists, Operating Department Assistants, Theatre Nurses, Ward Clerks and Housekeepers. |
Any additional directions: |
Report to the Maternity Unit security desk and they will give directions |
Ward phone number(s): |
01392 406650 and 01392 406651 |
Ward specialty(ies): |
Maternity |
Visiting times: |
Birth partners welcome throughout the duration of a labour |
No. visitors at any time: |
2 birth partners due to limited space |
Ward postal address: |
Labour ward, Maternity Unit, Centre for Women's Health, RD&E Wonford Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5DW |
Total number of beds: |
10 delivery rooms - one with a water birthing pool |
No. of side rooms: |
All 10 delivery rooms are single |
No. of bathrooms: |
7 |
No. of showers: |
7 |
Ward type: |
Pregnancy admissions, Labouring women |
Directorate: |
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Matron: |
Debbie Stevens, Becky Bamforth, Karen Tonkin, Lucy Miles, Glyn Brace, Stephanie Maslin, Geraldine McDonagh, Lucy Coles, Trish Heale |
Senior Matron: |
Carol Axom |
Clinical Director: |
Mr Neil Liversedge |
Ward Clerk: |
Sue Budd |
Centre for Women's Health 