Unit Information

When parking in the Princess Anne Wing car park go up the corridor and the Neonatal Unit is your left hand side

You will be met by a member of the Neonatal team who will take you through to your baby and the nurse caring for your baby will give you an up to date explanation of your baby’s care and condition

If you were to have any concerns during your baby’s stay on the neonatal unit please speak to the nurse in charge

The medical team are available for you to talk to every morning but if this were not to be convenient an appointment can be arranged for you to meet your baby’s consultant

Ward rounds happen every morning starting at approximately 9am

We try to encourage a quiet time for the babies when we try to reduce the noise and light even further and minimise any procedures required

We have four ensuite flats available to parents. These are allocated to parents who are preparing to take their babies home but if any flats are available we allocate them to parents who wish to stay.

We have a parents coffee room which has a microwave and tea and coffee making facilities

We have a play room available for siblings this is not supervised and the siblings remain the responsibility of the parents

We have a private room available for mothers to express in and there are breast feeding advisors available to support mothers whilst breast feeding

There is open access for parents and siblings.  Siblings must be supervised at all times.

You may have 3 visitors in total for each family at any one time

Open visiting for friends and family however, all visitors must be accompanied by a parent.

You may have 3 visitors in total for each family at any one time. No school age children (apart from siblings) will be allowed to visit. The reason for this is to reduce the risk of infection and to ensure that you and other families have space and privacy on the unit. For reasons of confidentiality we ask visitors not to look at or go into other baby/family spaces.

This policy may need to change at our discretion.

You may have 3 visitors in total for each family at any one time.

No school age children (apart from siblings) will be allowed to visit. The reason for this is to reduce the risk of infection and to ensure that you and other families have space and privacy on the unit. For reasons of confidentiality we ask visitors not to look at or go into other baby/family spaces.

We have a strict hand washing policy to prevent any of our vulnerable baby’s from getting an infection. Hands must be washed before coming on to the unit.