Maternity Services
Pregnancy is an exciting and life changing journey and our experienced team of midwives and consultant obstetricians are here to provide individualised and compassionate care for you and your family, supporting you every step of the way and helping you to make informed choices.
More about us
We are a friendly unit on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, providing care for women across a large geographic region; from Hawes to Halifax, Burnley to Bradford and Haworth to Harrogate. Approximately 2000 babies are born here every year, making use of our dedicated midwife led area alongside a consultant led midwifery unit. Our community midwifery teams are based across the area and have been helping women and their families for many years.
Our specialist services and contact details
Maternity Assessment Centre
A telephone triage and assessment unit for women who are more than 16 weeks pregnant.
Experienced midwives will triage pregnancy related concerns and direct women to the most appropriate health care practitioner.
Not all women will need to come into MAC.
The department also operates a high-risk appointment-based service to care for women whose pregnancies require closer monitoring and cares.
Telephone 01535 292120 / 01535 292410. (Please call first as MAC is appointment-only).
Labour Ward
Our midwives aim to provide you with a positive and safe birth experience which reflects each individual’s needs and wishes.
01535 292402 (24 hours)
Ward 21 - Maternity Ward
15-bedded maternity ward with a mixture of side rooms and bays, providing care during pregnancy and after the birth of your baby.
01535 292211 (24 hours)
Pregnancy Booking Team
01535 292411 / 01535 292412 (Mon-Fri 09.30-16.00)
Maternity Parent Education
At Airedale NHS Foundation Trust we believe that every woman and family booked to receive maternity care through our Trust should expect a high standard of antenatal education as it is an important and valued element of our maternity services.
Antenatal Clinic Appointments
Our experienced staff have the expertise to look after women with complex pregnancies or medical conditions which may impact their pregnancies.
01535 294681 (Mon-Fri 08.30-17.00)
Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
The Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU) provides care for women who are between 6-16 weeks pregnant.
Referrals are received to the unit from health professionals such as your GP, midwife or via the emergency department
Neonatal Unit
Our neonatal unit cares for babies from 32 weeks gestational age and above.
Community Midwives
Community midwives at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust work in small teams to provide care during pregnancy and after the birth of your baby.
How to contact a midwife for URGENT advice
If you need to speak to a midwife urgently, please contact the Maternity Assessment Centre on 01535 292120 or 01535 292410 (Opening hours are Mon to Fri, 08.30 to 19.00). Â
For any urgent concerns outside opening hours (or if the telephone in the Maternity Assessment Centre is not answered) please contact the labour ward on 01535 292402 and a midwife will be happy to help you.
Maternity Voices Partnership and Airedale Birth Voices
Airedale Birth Voices are a group of parents who come together to discuss the care they received from Airedale during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Airedale Birth Voices is the Airedale branch of the Bradford and Craven Maternity Voices Partnership.
They talk about positive aspects of care and the things that could be improved. They reflect on care at Airedale and work with staff to make changes that will benefit future families.
If you would like to be a part of the group and come along to meetings, email anhsft.parenteducation@nhs.net.
For all other advice
If you have a general query about any aspect of your care please contact your community midwife. You will be given contact details early in your pregnancy. Please allow a few days for them to respond as not all midwives work full time and they cannot respond to you whilst they are providing care for others.
If you are referred to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, follow this link to information on their website about their maternity services.
Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate pilot
For more information visit our maternity and neonatal independent senior advocate page.
You can also find more information on the Integrated Care Board page.
Live from... sessions
You can watch back our Live from… sessions where our maternity colleagues answer your questions on the Parent Education page.
Here is the latest session:
Airedale maternity stop smoking service
See our poster for more details.
Location
Please see the locations of our labour ward and other maternity services
Opening hours
Please see our individual maternity services
Find out more about our service
My Pregnancy Journey
Click to view the Pregnancy Journey booklet we have created for you
Maternity unit video tour
Want to know what to expect when coming into hospital?
Watch the video below to take a look around the Maternity Unit and meet the teams.
Once you’ve found out that you’re pregnant the most important thing is to make contact with your midwife and start a conversation.
Midwives are there to help even if you are unsure of whether to continue with the pregnancy. Pregnancy care appointments are safe, confidential and accessible to everyone.
Find out more at speakwithamidwife.co.uk and see our online referral form below.
Arrange your first booking appointment with your midwife
Please complete this online form, or contact our booking team on 01535 292411 / 01535 292412
My pregnancy journey
What I need to know before I come into hospital?
Newly
pregnant?
Everything you need to know at the start of your pregnancy journey with us
Your pregnancy journey timeline
What will happen and when during your pregnancy journey with us
 Care during
your birth
Everything you need to know for an appointment or for a home birth
Congratulations on the birth of your baby!
It can be difficult to know where to find accurate and useful information, however, we think these links are a good place to start:
Feeding your baby
We want to provide you with information about your options and support you with your feeding choice.
Who we are
Our purpose is to provide excellent quality maternity services by offering a fulfilling and safe experience for mothers, their families and our staff. We ensure our care is focused around your informed choice and we prioritise the needs and wishes of mother and baby. We work together as a team to provide the best care possible for you and your family. We are approachable and responsive to individual needs.
We value all feedback as this helps us to continually review and develop the services we provide. We also invite you to be part of our Maternity Voices Partnership where you can get involved in service redesign and help us to co-produce the information we provide. This helps other families to better understand their journey through our services and enables them to make informed choices about their birth plan.
Leaflets and support
We have put together a number of useful leaflets and recommended web links below that we think might help you:
Maternal health and substance and alcohol abuse
Public Health Bradford have created a film to raise awareness of the risks in pregnancy, for pre-conception and expectant mothers who use alcohol and drugs.
The fear of pregnancy or birth
West Yorkshire Paths have created a video for fear of pregnancy or birth.
West Yorkshire Paths is a specialist service for women and birthing people who are experiencing emotional distress and mental health needs from reproductive trauma. This can include: – Birth trauma, trauma from maternity and neonatal care – Severe fear of birth – Baby and pregnancy loss up to one year old; loss during fertility treatment and parent/infant separation at birth by childcare proceedings. – We offer support to people who live in Leeds, Bradford and Craven, Wakefield, Kirklees, and Calderdale.
You can visit their website here: Home | South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
We value your feedback
Find out more about the ways you can give us feedback on our service and share your views
Here you’ll also find out what we do with your feedback and what we’ve done in response to your suggestions and comments.
Our Maternity News
Maternity unit open day on Saturday 20 June
Airedale Bereavement Team Celebrated at the Mariposa Awards
Maternal health and substance and alcohol abuse
Public Health Bradford have created a film to raise awareness of the risks in pregnancy, for pre-conception and expectant mothers who use alcohol and drugs.
