New and expectant mothers in Fenland will be receiving their care in the first local Midwifery Community Hub.
Midwives from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Team will be providing clinics and classes within brand new facilities at The North Cambridgeshire Hospital, in Wisbech, from Monday, March 18.
Around 350 women receive their antenatal and post-natal care from the 10-strong Blue Team at the North Cambs site.
Blue Team Leader Ruth Macfarlane is thrilled with the new hub and is hoping to expand the services on offer.
She said: “The new Community Hub is a fabulous facility and it is going to make such a difference to the families using our services but also to the staff and the wider community.
“We are really excited to be the first local Midwifery Community Hub, which aims to provide the antenatal and postnatal care within one area to save women from travelling too far.
“The hub is beautifully decorated by the murals, which were funded by Friends of the Wisbech Hospitals, and the whole area is much brighter and lighter. I think the families are going to love it.”
The new Midwifery Community Hub has five clinic rooms along with a treatment room and staff areas.
It will continue to host all the current clinics which are led by the midwifery or consultant teams along with providing various injections for babies.
Blue Team are also running antenatal classes to help expectant parents prepare for the arrival of their baby along with feeding workshops for new mums.
The Wisbech team also run post-dates clinics to help women who are overdue with aromatherapy sessions.
Mrs Macfarlane is hoping the team will be able to offer new services from the new hub.
She said: “We would like to take on the new baby checks and also the glucose testing to help support the families who live in the Wisbech area.”
The new Midwifery Community Hub is part of an £8 million site redevelopment at North Cambs Hospital, which is being undertaken and funded by Cambridgeshire Community Services. Chief Executive Matthew Winn said: “We have been delighted to work with colleagues at the QEH to create this fantastic new accommodation for staff and local mums as part of our major site redevelopment programme.”
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Pictured are: Jess Warren, Jess Chilvers, Lily Hindle and Ruth Macfarlane
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