Visiting Times

Visiting hours

Outpatients Department

• Patients can attend antenatal and gynaecology appointments with their nominated support person.
• Partners or nominated persons can attend ultrasound departments for early pregnancy scans, dating scans and anatomy scans.
• Please note that we cannot accommodate children in the outpatients department during your visit.

Inpatients (Postnatal/Gynaecology Wards)

• A partner or nominated person can attend from 7am to 11pm, no swapping or rotating of visitors will be permitted. 
• As flu rates are currently highest among children under 5 and unvaccinated children, child visitors will not be permitted to visit clinical areas. Hours out for long-stay mothers to see family members will be arranged.

• Unexpected events and complications are reviewed on an individual basis.

Delivery Suite

• The birthing partner can attend when the patient is transferred to the Delivery Suite.
• The birthing partner can attend for the birth.
• The birthing partner can attend for delivery by caesarean section.
• In the antenatal period any patient wishing for the attendance of a Doula in addition to the birthing partner must make the request to the hospital. 
• Any unexpected events or circumstances are reviewed on an individual basis.

Neonatal Unit

• When a baby is in the Neonatal Unit both parents can visit their baby together at the same time.

General

• Partners or nominated person can attend following pregnancy loss diagnosis and any subsequent visits.