Southmead Hospital
Southmead Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has 34 cots and cares for babies of all gestations
North Bristol Trust, Southmead Hospital
Southmead Road, Bristol, BS10 5NB
0117 4146800
Look around Southmead Neonatal Unit
Content not to be used without permission of the SW Neonatal ODN, please contact: swneonatalnetwork@uhbw.nhs.uk
Information about the neonatal unit
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Via main maternity reception 24 hours a day.
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The Nurse or Doctor caring for your baby.
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Consultant Neonatologist
Supervisory Ward Sister
Nurse in Charge
Nurse caring for baby
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Doctors
Mornings 08.30
Afternoons 17.30
Evenings 20:45
Nurses
Handover time – 07.30 -08.00, 19.30 – 20.00
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4 bedrooms on the unit including quiet suite.
Small number of flats available off site.
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Sitting room, bathroom and toilet.
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Breast feeding advisor and key worker 5 days a week. Breast expressing room, breast pumps with premie facility.
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Playroom
Visiting policy
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Unit access available 24 hours a day
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Visiting 12:00-19:00, maximum of 2 visitors accompanied by parent.
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Up to two parents and one visitor on unit at any time.
Parents would be asked not to visit if they are unwell. Visiting for siblings would be restricted if they had any childhood illness.
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Coats to be kept outside the unit. Handwashing facility inside door. All visitors to the unit are asked to wash their hands on arrival to the unit.
Meet the team
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Dr Paul Mannix
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Matron: Amy Purnell
Supervisory Ward Sister: Fiona Buckley