Our hospital, unit and team

Parent Room: We have a parent room where parents can go to prepare and eat food and drink. This room has a fridge kettle and microwave some basic supplies.  

Milk Kitchen: You are welcome to express your milk at your baby’s bedside on the unit, with the use of privacy screens. Please ask staff to support you with these, as well as pillows and foot stools to make yourself comfortable.  

We also have a dedicated room to support expressing and breast feeding, with screens, breast pumps and comfortable chairs.  

You can store and prepare expressed breast milk for your baby here too. The area has a fridge, a freezer, and cleaning equipment. We can only store 1 box of breast milk for each baby, so please take excess home to store safely in your freezer. Remember to check the freezer for milk before you are discharged home too. 

Quiet rooms: There may be times that you wish to speak to a member of the medical or nursing team privately. We have several spaces on the unit that team members can take you to for private and confidential conversations. 

Parking is free for you if your baby is an inpatient on the neonatal unit. 

A form will be given to you on admission and needs to be re-signed every 17 days. Please take note of when it is next due to be revalidated and ask staff for another form. Our car parks operate on Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and only one car can be nominated. 

Whilst your baby is an inpatient on the neonatal unit we are able to offer you: 

• Breakfast: There is a selection of breakfast cereals and bread available in the parents lounge. 

• Lunch: A snack box can be ordered – this consists of a sandwich, crisps, a piece of fruit and a drink. This needs to be ordered by 10am. 

• Dinner: A variety of hot meals can be ordered which will be served in the parents lounge. This will need to be ordered by 1pm.  

Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements or allergies.