Your pregnancy and birth
We know that pregnancy can be an exciting but daunting time for women and their partners. There are many choices to make and questions to answer and we want you and your family have the best possible experience at this special time.
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Important information about the location of your care
We want to ensure you get the best possible care during your pregnancy and enable you to choose to have your care and give birth at either Chelsea and Westminster or West Middlesex hospital. While many of our services and clinics are offered at both sites, some are only available at one or the other site.
We will always attempt to respect your choice but in certain circumstances—for example, a specific requirement of your pregnancy or if your chosen site has reached capacity—your appointment or place of birth may need to take place our other site. At certain times, in order to maintain safety we may be unable to accept referrals for care from people who live outside of the community boundaries of the hospitals due to current levels of capacity. Our first priority must be to those who live within the boundary as their local hospital, but we endeavour to accept as many people as is safe who wish to give birth at our hospitals.
The quality of the care we provide is maintained across our entire service and changes will only be made to ensure that you and your baby are cared for in the safest place at that time.