What does NSMH mean in HOSPITALS

North Staffordshire Maternity Hospital offers a range of services for mothers, newborns and families. These services include antenatal care, postnatal care, labour and birthing facilities as well as infant feeding advice and support. The hospital also provides obstetric ultrasound imaging and midwifery-led care for mums experiencing normal pregnancies and births.

Yes, the North Staffordshire Maternity Hospital offers a range of special accommodations for expectant mothers and their families. This includes single rooms with en suite bathrooms for mothers in labour or who wish to stay on the ward overnight. There is also a parent's room offering privacy for breastfeeding and caring for babies away from other patients if desired.

Yes, there is ample free parking available on site at the North Staffordshire Maternity Hospital. There are also several drop off points around the hospital where you can unload your car before parking up in one of our designated spaces.

At North Staffordshire maternity hospital we offer different types of support to new parents including parenting classes, counselling sessions and various group activities such as baby massage classes. We also provide information about breast feeding and nutrition guidance tailored to each family’s specific needs.

Yes, certain visitors are allowed into the maternity wards of the North Staffordshire maternity hospital while observing strict guidelines due to Covid 19 restrictions. All visitors over 16 must be pre-approved by our staff before they can enter our premises and must wear a face covering during their visit at all times. Visitors are limited to two people per patient at any one time and must maintain social distancing within our building during their visit.

You can book an appointment with your midwife between 8am - 4pm Monday to Friday by calling our central booking number or visiting our website where you will find further details about how to arrange an appointment with one of our healthcare professionals.

Yes, it is possible to have a home birth when delivering your baby via a planned caesarean section or instrumental delivery (Ventouse/Forceps delivery) through us here in North Staffs Maternity Hospital but this will need discussing with your doctor or midwife beforehand so that suitable arrangements can be made in advance for this type of birth. We also offer birth pool hire should you wish to use water during labour or birth even if it is not taking place within your own home.

Yes, anyone accompanying women into any of our departments must have had two negative COVID-19 tests prior to attending any appointments here in north Staffs Maternity Hospital. Your partner may take both tests himself via his local pharmacy or he may attend an alternative service provider closer both geographically or demographically which offers testing.

Yes, we do offer shared care options between ourselves here in north Staffs Maternity Hospital along with local GP practices throughout Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle Under Lyme areas who have signed up for these schemes allowing continuity of care offered by both services pre pregnancy right up until after your baby is born.