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Pregnancy Birth East Kent (east kent's Maternity Voices)
This webpage is designed for mums and dads by mums and dads.
This site is also a place for parents and their supporters to find out about maternity services and talk about their experience of the maternity services in east Kent. (Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Shepway, Swale and Thanet)
The maternity service in the area covered by the NHS in Eastern and Coastal Kent (Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Shepway, Swale and Thanet) includes the care you receive whilst expecting your baby and the wellbeing of you and your baby during the birth as well as after your baby’s arrival.
The service is provided across east Kent in a variety of places; hospitals, children’s centres, maternity centres and at home, and by a variety of people including midwives, obstetricians and paediatricians. It also includes information given to pregnant women in order to make their decisions about scans and tests or to give advice on issues such as food safety.
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Useful numbers:
Maternity Community Liaison Office
Tel: 01227 864152
Birth Afterthoughts Service
Tel: 01227 864152
Email: ekh-tr.birthafterthoughts@nhs.net
Canterbury Maternity Centre
Tel: 01227 783105
William Harvey Hospital (Ashford)
Delivery Suite
Tel: 01233 616124
Singleton Midwife-led Unit
Tel: 01233 651868
Maternity Day care/ Foetal Medicine
Tel: 01233 616638
Folkestone Ward
Tel: 01233616628
Dover Maternity Centre
Tel: 01304 222523
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (Margate)
Delivery suite
Tel: 01843 292494
St Peters Midwife-led Unit
Tel: 01843 235100
Maternity Day Care
Tel: 01843 234483
Foetal Medicine/Antenatal Clinic
Tel: 01843225544 ext 62109
Kingsgate Ward
Tel: 01843 234586