Maternity Outpatients Self Referral Form

To make your first booking appointment (which should ideally take place between 6-12 weeks of pregnancy) please complete the: Maternity Outpatients Self Referral Form. Your request will be processed and you will be contacted within 4 weeks.

If you think you are 10 weeks pregnant or more, please do not complete this form and contact Maternity Outpatient’s Department at Leighton Hospital by telephone on 01270 273127, Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm (excluding bank holidays).

Your first booking appointment will take approximately an hour and a half to gather as much information about you, to plan your care appropriately.

If you are pregnant and have concerns up to 16 weeks, you may be able to be referred to the Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit. More information about the service and how to be referred can be found on their website page.

We would like to welcome you to our Maternity Unit

2022.06.pngBased at Leighton Hospital, we have both Consultant Led and Midwifery Led Units, providing care in a semi-rural area undertaking approximately 3,000 births per year.

To see the full range of maternity services available locally and the care we can offer see the Directory of services for Maternity Care in Cheshire and Merseyside Mid Cheshire can be found on Page 16. You may also wish to consider giving birth at Macclesfield District General Hospital or Royal Stoke Hospital. It is important that you see a Midwife as early as possible in your pregnancy. 

We give you the information that you need so you can make informed choices about your care throughout pregnancy, labour and birth. We will always ask for your consent for any type of medical treatment, test or examination throughout your pregnancy, labour and birth. For more information about consent visit: Birthrights - Consenting to treatment. Please do not hesitate to ask questions and seek advice at any time. 

We have a short video showing you how to access the Maternity Unit.

Maternity Unit Facebook Page

Central Cheshire MVP.pngThe Central Cheshire Maternity Voices Partnership work with local families, to listen to their experiences, collect trends and work as a partnership to ensure women and families voices are heard.

Compliments

If you would like to send in a compliment, please visit our Leighton Hospital Maternity Unit Facebook page and send your compliment via Facebook Messenger. If you would like to see some of our compliments, please visit our Facebook Page Compliments Album.

Alternatively you can contact our Customer Care Team.

Complaints

If you have any concerns regarding your care please speak to a member of staff and ask to be contacted by a Manager in the first instance. If this does not resolve your concerns, you can contact our Customer Care Team. 

"At Leighton Hospital Maternity Unit we strive to provide quality, safe and evidence based care, with women and their families at the heart of everything we do. We are sensitive to physical and emotional needs and our flexible approach ensures that individual wishes are met."

Jenny Butters - Head of Midwifery