Maternity Services in Scotland – Princess Royal Maternity
Health Board
Greater Glasgow
Link Person’s contact details
Heather Dawes, Service Manager (0141 211 5218)/
Mary McGinley, Head of Midwifery (0141 211 4304)
Centres providing maternity services
Princess Royal Maternity
Levels of service (EGAMS model)
III
Link person’s contact details
heather.dawes@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
mary.mcginley@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
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Table 1 Facilities
Service type
Service details
Out-patient
Number of antenatal clinics
services
sessions per week
Number of specialist obstetric
clinics per week
Number of midwife-led clinics
per week
Number of special needs clinics
per week
Number of outreach clinic
sessions per week
Number of midwife-led
outreach clinic sessions
Number of obstetric-led clinic
sessions per week
Day care service? If yes, how
many sessions?
Early pregnancy assessment
unit service? If yes, how many
sessions per week?
Ultrasound scanning sessions
per week:
By radiographer/sonographer
By obstetrician
By midwife
Other: EPAS
Data
16
Additional information
7
2
Medical obstetric x 2/ACS/twins/diabetic/WRHS
x2
Hospital clinics
1
WRHS
68
Consultant and midwife clinics. 4 clinics cons/midwife
alternative weeks. One clinic consultant every 2 weeks.
57
6
Yes
Yes
59
9
None
5
5-day service
Mon-Fri 0900 – 1700 hrs
5-day service
Mon-Fri 0900 – 1700 hrs
+ Outreach clinics at Rutherglen Maternity Care Centre/Easterhouse
+ OutreaSouthern General - Maternity Services
in Greater Glasgowch clinics at
Springburn/Kilsyth
2
Service type
Delivery beds
In-patient
beds
Service details
Midwife led
Data
2
Obstetric led
9
High dependency
2
Other
Antenatal
2
4
14
Postnatal
40
Combined
18
Other – Day Beds
24
- Theatres
- Recovery
Additional information
We have capacity for 5 however during
developmental stage, only 2 are functional.
Prenatal Assessment = 8
Ward 68 = 6
All on Level 5
Ward 68 = 10
These beds are for flexible use of
Ward 71 = 8
high risk ante/postnatal women
Day Care Unit = 20
Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit = 4
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Table 2 Specific Services
Service
type
Special
Needs
Service details
Brief outline of service
Specific Contact person’s email and
telephone number
Teenage
pregnancy
Drug and Alcohol
misuse
Siobhan Greenhalgh
0141 211 5345
siobhan.greenhalgh@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Infertility
Antenatal input from Health
Education staff
WRHS. Combined obstetric,
midwife, social work, drug addiction
and health promotion service
Link Midwife - Provides staff
training/advice
WRHS - Public Health and social
support focus
Pre/post delivery counselling given
by medical/midwifery staff at Day
Care/EPAS
ACS service on-site at GRI
Smoking
cessation
Others – prepregnancy clinic
Link Midwife – offers cessation
support
Obstetric-lead cervical for high-risk
women
Debbie Barnett
debbie.barnett@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Others – recurrent
miscarriage clinic
Offers support/investigation/
counselling/medical advice. Held in
EPAS weekly.
Domestic abuse
Social inclusion
Pregnancy loss
Katherine Brittin
0141 211 5212
katherine.brittin@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Linda Kergan
0141 211 5326
linda.kergan@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Katherine Brittin
0141 211 5212
katherine.brittin@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Denise Oxnard
0141 211 5217
denise.oxnard@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Dr Robin Yates
0141 211 4333
robin.yates@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Professor Ian Greer
0141 211 5236
ian.greer@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Dr Fiona Mackenzie
0141 211 5273
fiona.mackenzie@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Dr Lynda Newland
0141 211 5217/5317
lynda.newland@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Denise Oxnard
0141 211 5217
denise.oxnard@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Others
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Table 3 Preparation for Parenthood
Service
type
Education
Service details
Brief outline of service
Specific Contact person’s email and
telephone number
General classes
10 sessions per week
Evening classes
4 sessions per week for couples and birth
partners
Health Education
0141 211 5345
Physiotherapy Dept
0141 211 5345
siobhan.greenhalgh@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Health Education
0141 211 5345
Physiotherapy Dept
0141 211 5345
siobhan.greenhalgh@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Father’s only
N/A
Refresher
2 sessions per week
Postnatal support
Included in package for classes also daily
3hrs support given in postnatal ward by
Health Ed staff
N/A
Baby massage
Complimentary therapies
Others – Breast feeding
workshops
Others – Physiotherapy
N/A
Every 2 months
Others – Community
Psychiatric Nurse
Others – Early Pregnancy
Every 6 weeks
Others – Antenatal
exercise class
Others – Postnatal
exercise class
Others – Community
Weekly
10 sessions per week
Monthly by Physiotherapist and Dietician
Weekly
Health Education
0141 211 5345
Physiotherapy Dept
0141 211 5345
siobhan.greenhalgh@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Health Education
0141 211 5345
Physiotherapy Dept
0141 211 5345
siobhan.greenhalgh@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Health Education
0141 211 5345
siobhan.greenhalgh@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Physiotherapy
0141 211 5345
Isobel Campbell
Physiotherapy
Isobel Campbell
Physiotherapy
Isobel Campbell
Physiotherapy
Isobel Campbell
0141 211 5345
0141 211 5345
0141 211 5345
All Community midwives facilitate Health
Education classes in order to tailor the needs
of their specific current group.
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Table 4 Neonatal Services
Service type
Service details
Data
In-patient cots
Number of Intensive Care
Number of High Dependency
Number of Special Care
Transitional Care
Other
Home support
10
23
4
Yes
Immunisation service
BPD Home oxygen follow up
According
to need
Yes
- Prior to discharge
- BCG clinic monthly for Public Health dept
If required
Regional Service provider (Yes/No)
No
Neonatal transport provided by West of Scotland Transport
Service. Co-ordinated by Royal Hospital for Sick Children and
based at PRM. PRM clinicians contribute to this service.
Outreach
services
Neonatal
transport
Additional information
This classification not currently used
Not currently used
Isolation room used as required
Community liaison and outpatient clinic
If yes, to 8.1 number of transfers in
per year
If no, to 8.1 the number of transfers
out per year
Number of
neonatal
admission
(% of births)
Other information
Paediatric clinics
Advanced Neonatal Practitioner
Speech/language/developmental
therapies
Hearing testing
2
4 hospital consultant clinics held weekly
2 developmental clinics – 1 weekly/1 every 2 weeks
Undertake discharge examination in postnatal ward
Carry out procedures
Participate in ward rounds
Advise and educate parents and staff
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Table 5 Birth Statistics (2003)
Delivery Type
Number per annum
Home Births
Planned
Unplanned
Born Before Arrival
In own transport
In ambulance
Spontaneous
deliveries
Midwife-led care
Additional
Information
02/03 = 3 booked. 1 actual home birth
02/03 = 37 (0.74%)
02/03 = 2915 (59%)
Obstetric-led care
Instrumental deliveries
Forceps
Ventouse
02/03 = 721 (14.6%)
Caesarean Sections
Elective
Emergency
02/03 = 398 (8.1%)
02/03 = 796 (16.1%)
Breech vaginal
delivery
02/03 = 21 (0.4%)
Induction of labour
rates
02/03 = 1889 (38.2%)
Epidural rates
02/03 = 1676 (33.9%)
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Further information:
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Princess Royal Maternity is a UNICEF Baby Friendly Unit
Glasgow Breast-Feeding Initiative staff in wards daily
Social gynaecology clinics held weekly
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