Visiting hours

Wards and clinics

Please contact the departments below by calling the Hospital switchboard on 020 8746 8000 and asking the operator for the appropriate extension.

• Ann Stewart Ward, 3rd Floor, Lift Bank C
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  27-bed postnatal ward with 3 side rooms
• Antenatal Clinic (ANC), Ground Floor, Lift Bank C
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• The Birthing Unit, 3rd Floor, Lift Bank C
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  3 large rooms, 2 of which have access to a birthing pool
• Josephine Barnes Ward, 3rd Floor, Lift Bank C
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  15-bed ward (5 siderooms) mainly for antenatal admissions
• Labour Ward, 3rd Floor, Lift Bank C
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  9 rooms, 2 of which have access to a birthing pool
• Maternity Day Assessment Unit (MDAU), Ground Floor, Lift Bank C
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  Operates Monday–Friday 9am–5pm
• Simpson Unit (Obstetric High Dependency and Recovery Unit) 3rd Floor, Lift Bank C
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  5-bed care for women requiring very close medical monitoring
• The Kensington Wing, 3rd Floor, Lift Bank B, at the front of the hospital
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  Our Private Maternity Unit

Visiting times

Labour Ward and Birthing Unit

• Open visiting by one nominated partner.

Simpson Unit

• Partner only—8am–10pm

Josephine Barnes and Ann Stewart Wards

• One nominated partner is welcome to visit 24 hours a day.
• Rest period—1–4pm (partner only)
• Other visitors—4–7pm (maximum 3 visitors)

From 24 December partners will be able to stay overnight—this is for a trial period of 3 months. Unfortunately we are unable to provide a bed due to space limitations and hospital beds are not suitable for 2 adults. Toilet facilities can be found on Labour Ward.

Please note—in all areas, only the mother's own children are allowed to visit between the hours of 8am and 8pm.