The Trust offers high levels of expertise and excellent standards of care for pregnant women and their families through antenatal, delivery and postnatal care. The maternity department delivers a high quality, family focused service, with a seamless approach both locally and in the wider community. Based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, the department delivers approximately 2,800 babies every year.
One of the 2,800 babies born every year at Victoria Hospital
Our maternity services unit has a fully equipped labour ward with several spacious delivery rooms, a family room and water birthing pool. There is a dedicated operating theatre, two antenatal/postnatal wards and an Early Pregnancy Fetal Assessment Unit is run for women with specific pregnancy problems. As well as hospital based midwives, there are also several teams of midwives rotating between the hospital and providing community services for women across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
We hope that you find this section of our website useful and informative. If you are a patient, we hope that your pregnancy, the birth of your baby and the weeks after your baby is born will be remembered by you, your family and friends as a happy event and that we can help your experiences during this time match and exceed your expectations.
The Maternity department works closely with the Special Care Baby Unit, which forms part of the directorate of Child Health. For more information about Child Health across the Trust, please click here
Our Mother's Charter
- Every pregnant woman will be able to exercise choice as to the type of care she receives. We will take fully into account the wishes of the mother in accordance with her clinical needs and those of her baby.
- All mothers will have a named midwife at every stage of her pregnancy. The relationship between the mother and her care-givers is recognised as being fundamentally important.
- All mothers will be treated as individuals and with courtesy. We will respect personal, cultural and religious beliefs and maintain confidentiality.
- The services we offer are based on sound clinical, professional and managerial practices. Our services will be delivered by staff who are suitably trained and qualified.
- All mothers will be kept well informed and we will work in partnership with them.
- All problems will be discussed with goodwill and promptness by our staff. Our services will be monitored and any problems or concerns will be dealt with speedily. The service offered will be to a defined standard which is regularly monitored and evaluated. This will ensure that the health services provided are of the highest quality.
