Nottingham City Hospital

Ratings

• Overall

  Good

• Safe

  Good

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Outstanding

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Good

Our view of the service

Nottingham City Hospital is operated by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The maternity service sits within the division of family health and provides a range of services from pregnancy, birth and postnatal care. There are inpatient antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal beds available for women. Bonington ward is a 27 bedded mixed antenatal and postnatal ward which also has allocated beds for neonatal transitional care. Lawrence ward is a 27 bedded mixed antenatal and postnatal ward which has a dedicated 4 bedded bay for induction of labour.

The Labour Suite has 13 beds with a separate 4 bedded midwife led unit called the Sanctuary birth centre. There are also 2 obstetric theatres within labour suite with 24-hour anaesthetic cover, a bereavement suite and direct access to the neonatal unit.

There is a 5 bedded combined maternal and fetal surveillance (ABC) triage unit located on the ground floor where women requiring urgent care outside their routine clinical appointments were seen.

Community maternity services are provided by teams of midwives predominantly commissioned by NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board.

We assessed the service between 18 June to 03 July 2024.