St Michael’s Hospital
St Michael’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has 31 cots and cares for babies of all gestations
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust,
St Michael’s Hospital Bristol, Level D, Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EG
0117 342 1737/1736
Look around St Michael’s 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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St Michaels Neonatal intensive care unit is situated in St Michaels hospital on Southwell street, Bristol. Neonatal intensive care is on level D. When using the public access lift or stairs it is to the right when you enter level D.
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We can provide you with free parking at our hospital car parks. Please ask a member of staff for a parking permit form and they will issue you with information on how to claim your free parking. You are able to park in any of the hospital car parks, parking on St Michaels hill pay and display is not included in the free parking areas.
When you arrive at the hospital find somewhere to park and then ask about parking when you arrive on the unit.
Our hospital is within a city clean air zone. Please be mindful if your car is eligible to drive through the area without having to pay a fee.
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We have open access on our unit for parents and siblings. There is no restrictions in place. There is a call buzzer system on the entrance to the unit. If someone does not answer the call buzzer there is also a telephone which you can use to call one of the intensive care rooms to make staff aware you are wanting to enter the unit.
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Wider family and friends aged over 16 can visit between 12pm and 8pm. We ask that only 3 people are at each baby’s bed space at one time, and this must include a parent. When parents are visiting with siblings and no other extended family, there are no restriction on how many people can be at the bedspace.
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We ask that you and your friends and family remove outside coats, jackets, wrist watches and all jewellery except plain wedding bands before entering the unit.
We have a ‘bare to the elbow’ policy.
We ask that you adhere to hand washing guidelines and use alcohol hand gel when moving around the unit and before and after touching your baby.
Hand washing guidelines can be found at every sink on the unit and must be adhered to on every entry into the room your baby is in prior to contact with your baby.
If you are unwell (or may have been in contact with a contagious illness or disease) that could affect your baby, please ask or telephone the nurse in charge for advice.
Your Baby’s Care
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You are a valued member of your baby’s care team. We are committed to working in partnership with you during ward rounds and throughout the planning of your baby’s care, ensuring that decisions are made collaboratively and centred around your baby’s needs.
When staff, both nursing and medical finish their shift they spend time talking to the new staff about the progress of your baby to handover your baby’s care. There are different handover and ward round times during the day and night. Some of these happen at the cot-side and others away from the clinical area.
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Family members and friends are welcome between 8am and 8pm daily.
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There is a maximum of three visitors per cot including parents at any one time. Others are welcome to wait in reception areas.
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Please leave outside coats on stands provided at unit entrance. Pound coin operated lockers available inside unit for valuables and bags, please vacate at end of each visit as these are limited in number.
Bare below the elbow (rolled up sleeves, removal of watches, bracelets and rings other than plain wedding bands) and hand washing as per trust guidelines.
Please do not attend the unit if you are feeling unwell with a high temperature, new continuous cough, or diarrhoea or vomiting in the last 48 hours. Please discuss further with the nurse in charge if unsure.
In line with current guidelines, all parents are required to wear a surgical face mask (these can be obtained at the hospital entrance) when in common areas and corridors. These can be removed when at your baby’s bedspace.
Meet the team
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Dr Anoo Jain
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Matron: Louise Gould
Head of Nursing and Midwifery: Sarah Windfeld