Maternity teams and locations

Birth Choices clinic provides information to pregnant women and their partners, discussing different options for how and where to give birth.  

This can be useful if you have had a previous complicated or traumatic birth experience, or for women who prefer to birth in a certain way. The clinic offers personalised, evidence-based discussions to help people make informed decisions that meet their needs, preferences, and values. 

Appointments are available with a consultant midwife in person or over the phone.

Breech clinic is for pregnant women when the baby is in a breech position (bottom-down) from 34 weeks of pregnancy.  

The clinic provides information, counselling, and options for birth including: 

• Moxibustion (a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves burning a herb called moxa over a specific acupuncture point on the little toe) 
• External Cephalic Version (ECV), a procedure to turn the baby to a head-down position.  

The clinic is led by experienced midwives who work with obstetricians to support women to make informed decisions about their pregnancy. 

A consultant midwife is a very experienced midwife who helps make sure mums and babies get the best possible care. They support women with more complex pregnancies and facilitate birth planning, teach and support other midwives, and help improve how maternity services work. They also use research and new ideas to make care safer and better for families.

The crystal team is a team of community midwives who provide enhanced care to those women who are found to have extra needs or vulnerabilities. 
  
Examples of these needs or vulnerabilities are: 

• Mental health issues that require support such as; severe anxiety or depression, bipolar diagnosis, personality disorders, self-harming, suicide attempts, psychosis 
• Learning disabilities 
• Having children under social services plans such as child protection 
• Teenage pregnancy 
• Recent substance misuse 
• And any other issues that require more time at antenatal appointments and more frequent appointments 

Crystal team midwives each see a smaller number of women than other midwives so that they have more time to spend with each woman and family. They also attend meetings for the family, for example to arrange social care.

fhft.crystalteam@nhs.net 

Catchment area: all of the Wexham Park Hospital area including Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead

The diabetes midwifery team looks after pregnant women who either already have diabetes or who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy. They make sure both you and your baby stay healthy by checking blood sugar levels, giving advice about food and medication, and helping you understand how to look after yourself. They work with doctors and nurses to give the best care.

Frimley Park Hospital

fhft.diabetesmidwivesfph@nhs.net

Wexham Park Hospital

fhft.diabetesantenatalclinicwph@nhs.net

Forget-Me-Not is a maternal mental health service for people who have had:

• a miscarriage or loss of a baby before 24 weeks pregnant,
• a termination for medical reasons
• or current fertility difficulties

within the last 2 years.

They can offer therapy support to women and birthing people who are struggling with their mental health as a result of their loss. Partners can also attend appointments.

The service covers people who are registered with a GP in East Berkshire, Surrey Heath and North-East Hampshire & Farnham. You can have online or face to face appointments.

You can be referred by your midwife, pregnancy loss midwife, GP or other healthcare professional.

The infant feeding teams are here to support you in feeding your baby. We offer education before your baby is born and practical support after.  

Including: 

• feed plans to get baby to breast or boost supply 
• tongue tie assessment and referral to our tongue tie division clinic 
• any other issues that require specialist feeding support 

We run an antenatal infant feeding workshop for any parents over 32 weeks gestation once a month and provide specialist breastfeeding clinics weekly. For more information see Infant feeding support.

Frimley Park Hospital team: fhft.infantfeedingfph@nhs.net

Wexham Park Hospital team: fhft.infantfeedingteam@nhs.net  07789 270599  07881 507023

We offer antenatal care to women wishing to homebirth from any point in pregnancy, which could be from your initial booking, or at the point you decide to transfer for a homebirth. We hold local clinics for appointments up to 34 weeks, with your 36 week appointment (including your homebirth assessment) onwards provided within your home. 
We attend to you in labour at the point you feel you would like support or assessment. 
  

We provide your postnatal care at home, including your Newborn Initial Paediatric Examination (NIPE) and Newborn Bloodspot Screening. Your baby's hearing screening will be booked within local clinics run by hearing screening colleagues. We aim to book your discharge appointment with your named midwife for continuity. 

We hold a 'Homebirth Huddle' on the 1st Thursday of every month in the antenatal clinic at Frimley Park Hospital (subject to change) where you can meet the team, alongside other pregnant women and those who have had their care with us.

You can find out more about us via our Instagram page @homebirth.fph or by emailing us at
fhft.lavenderhomebirthteamfph@nhs.net 

The perinatal mental health team provide support to women and their families during and after pregnancy. They run mental health antenatal clinics and assist in consultant antenatal clinics.  

They make sure psychological birth care plans are written in time and are accessible to staff when patients attend hospital. 

They also provide support and training to midwives, doctors, student midwives and other maternity staff. 

Our perinatal pelvic health team provides support to women during pregnancy and after birth.

We offer:

• Pelvic health education workshops for women who may be at risk of future pelvic floor problems, including urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence, or pelvic organ prolapse.
• Specialist support and treatment for women experiencing pelvic floor symptoms or musculoskeletal issues such as pregnancy-related low back pain or pelvic girdle pain. Information can be found here: Patient Information | POGP
• Postnatal support on the ward following birth.

Your healthcare professional can refer you to physiotherapy.

Appointment enquiries:

Please contact Physiotherapy on 0300 614 0540.

Our team care for bereaved families that have suffered a pregnancy loss or neonatal death over 16 weeks gestation. We provide support from the moment the loss has been discovered until as long as the families feel they need us postnatally. This can be in the way of home visits, phone calls, or assisting with funeral arrangements and appointments. 

Frimley Park Hospital

Hannah Hawkett, Specialist Bereavement Midwife 
fhft.frimleybereavementmidwives@nhs.net 

Wexham Park Hospital

Louise Hallisey, Pregnancy Loss Midwife
fhft.wphbereavementmidwives@nhs.net   07771937580

The hospital chaplaincy service includes representatives from all faiths and they are here to support families in any way that they need. The team is committed to listening to parents and you don’t have to be religious to talk to a member of the team. Many parents have found it useful to help them through this difficult time.
If you would like support from the chaplaincy you can contact them on: 0300 6134184 (Frimley Park Hospital) and 01753 633660 (Wexham Park Hospital)

This antenatal clinic is for women with an increased chance of preterm birth (birth before 37 weeks). The clinic offers monitoring, counselling, and treatment if required (such as cervical cerclage or progesterone therapy) to reduce the chance of preterm birth and improve birth experiences. 

The clinics are lead by an obstetrician.

The screening teams are responsible for supporting women with high chance screening results or unexpected findings on ultrasound scan. The team will contact women to inform them of abnormal screening blood test results, provide information on what additional tests can be offered and, in some cases, support referral to specialist units and coordinate the fetal medicine scanning surveillance that may be recommended. For more information see screening in pregnancy.

We remain part of the wider support network for women and families throughout pregnancy and are very happy to be contacted directly by women.

Frimley Park Hospital team: 0336136989

Wexham Park Hospital team: 0336153301 

Dedicated Maternity Tobacco Dependency Advisors work across Frimley Park and Wexham Park Hospitals, offering tailored support from the first midwifery appointment. 
They provide behavioural counselling paired with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT); evidence-based help to quit smoking during pregnancy. 

• The service (counselling + NRT) is completely free and available throughout pregnancy, helping to boost your chances of long-term success
• Support is offered in your maternity clinic, your midwife will refer you at your first appointment. It can also be accessed if you're admitted to hospital — midwives or clinicians can refer you. 
• In-house support is part of the Saving Babies’ Lives agenda, helping to reduce risks such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth. 

• Support is non-judgemental, personalised, and fully integrated with your maternity care team. 

Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnerships (MNVPs) are groups of service users who help shape local services based on lived experience. This ensures services reflect what women and families actually need and value.

If you would like to speak to us, share your experience or get involved, visit: Frimleyandwexhammaternityvoices.org.uk 

Patient advice and liaison service (PALS) staff provide confidential information, advice and support to help patients, relatives and carers with any issues, queries or concerns you may have relating to your care or treatment with us. The service aims to help resolve issues informally and quickly and can liaise between you and those providing your care on your behalf.