"They say its takes a community to raise a child, it also takes a maternity service with its own community of dedicated midwives, doctors and other healthcare professionals to support families through one of the most life changing experiences of bringing a child into the world. At Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust we are committed to providing safe and personalised care for every person using our service. Each year 10,400 women giving birth with us and the changes we have had to make to the service almost overnight due to the global pandemic of COVID-19 have been innovative but also challenging in many ways. To ensure we continue to provide world class care we need to support our community of staff with both their physical and mental wellbeing more now than ever before. We have also had to think creatively about the ways in which we can deliver all aspects of maternity care which have traditionally all been face-to-face."
Vicki Cochrane, Director of Midwifery