Obstetrics, gynaecology and neonatology

The Royal Jubilee Maternity service is the regional referral centre for women with complications in their pregnancy but also provides a full range of facilities for women who wish to have natural childbirth. The integrated maternity service provides women with a range of choices from home confinements to domino delivery and hospital based care.

The Royal Maternity Hospital is the first hospital in Northern Ireland to be recognised by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as a fetal medicine sub-specialisation centre. Already a recognised centre for the Diploma in Ultrasound in Obstetrics, the directorate has an unrivalled range of sub-specialty expertise in reproductive medicine, oncology and fetal medicine. It has a dedicated urodynamic clinic.

The admission unit is used increasingly as an emergency centre for obstetrics and gynaecological patients, and also offers post-coital contraception.

It is the home of the regional neonatal unit which provides a full range of care from the extremely preterm to babies with complex needs.

Access to other specialist services includes:

Specialist clinics include:

Keeping pace with modern trends, research work is taking place in areas such as reproductive medicine, hormone replacement therapy, fetal medicine.