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Hemel Birth Centre

Explore the history, challenges, and future scenarios for Hemel Birth Centre, including a maternal resource center and community midwifery integration. Engage in consultations and events to shape the future of maternity services in the region.

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Hemel Birth Centre

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  1. ITEM 4 DAVID LAW & SUSAN COLE PRESENTATION Hemel Birth Centre David Law, Chief Executive Susan Cole, Interim Head of Midwifery

  2. Some History • HBC opened its doors in spring 2003 • Births peaked at 370 per annum • Temporary closure December 2005 • SHA review summer 2006

  3. Maternity Services in west Hertfordshire • 5,556 births (06/07) • Alexandra Birthing Centre at Watford General Hospital (1184 births 06/07) • One of the highest water birth rate in the UK • Support home births (2.5/3% current) • Staffing levels – 162.3 WTE midwives • MSLC involvement

  4. Hemel Birth Centre – the future • Criteria for maternity services in Hemel Hempstead • Must be clinically safe, based on evidence of demand and appropriate clinical midwifery practice • Clinically equitable across west Hertfordshire • Must not adversely affect the main west Herts obstetric service • Financially viable and sustainable with a critical mass of more than 500 births per year • Integrated with the community based midwifery service • Must not exceed £200,000 and be contained with existing revenue streams

  5. Hemel Birth Centre – the future • All options have pros and cons • Scenarios for consideration • Reopen HBC: open a maternal resource centre, reorganise community midwifery to support service • Permanent closure: increase capacity within ABC • Permanent closure: open a maternal resource centre with a larger community midwifery team to support home birth

  6. A Maternal Resource Centre • Centralise midwifery services for NW Hertfordshire in one central base • Group practice care would replace GP-based care • Comprehensive ante and post natal services, including day assessment, post natal care, breastfeeding support and parent education

  7. Engagement and consultation • Informal discussion already begun • 90 days plus – but in two phases • Discussion with service users and service providers and GPs • Events planned include; breastfeeding groups, toddler groups, fathers groups, netmums on-line discussion, Baby Café, ante natal yoga groups, NCT classes • Information via community midwives, ante natal groups and health visitors • MSLC – HBC focussed meeting 18 June • NCT support • GP liaison • Formal consultation • Same timescale as Acute Services Review

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