Maternity Unit - Ante-Natal Assessment & Maternity Ultrasound

The Day Assessment Unit is located within the Women’s Health Outpatients on level two of the Great Western Hospital. The D.A.U. has been established to enable comprehensive monitoring of pregnant women and their unborn babies and to provide care to medium-high risk pregnancies. The aim is to minimize unnecessary antenatal admissions while providing a high quality co-ordinated service with continuity of care, especially for those pregnancies with complications. This service results in a more efficient use of resources and improves various aspects of antenatal care provided at Great Western maternity unit.

Unit Managers

Alison Morton & Julie Edwards

Contact Telephone Numbers

01793 604825 or 01793 604826

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun

08.00 – 20.30
08.00 – 17.30
09.30 – 20.30
08.00 – 20.30
08.00 – 20.30
09.00 – 16.30
09.00 – 16.30

Referral is made to D.A.U in several ways, by:

• Women themselves
• GPs
• Community Midwives
• Obstetric Consultant / Registrar

The unit sees patients with complications such as:

• If your baby is less active than usual
• If you have raised blood pressure
• If there are any problems with your baby's growth
• If your baby is overdue
• If you have diabetes or problems with your blood sugar
• If there is too much or too little liquor (water) around your baby
• If you are having more than one baby
• If you have had problems in any previous pregnancies

In addition to the above we also:

• Perform Glucose Tolerance Tests (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri)
• Run an obstetric / diabetic clinic (Wed)
• Co-ordinate a high-risk anaesthetic clinic (alternate Tues)
• Run a pre-admission clinic for women having planned caesarean Section (Thurs)

Philosophy. The Antenatal Assessment Unit aims to provide a quality service to women in the Swindon and surrounding area who develop problems during their pregnancy.

• In diagnosing problems early and providing an appropriate and individual plan of care that allows the mother and her partner to assist in making informed choice about their pregnancy, we are able to ensure the best possible outcome for the mother and her unborn baby.
• In seeing women on an outpatient basis, we are able to allow women to stay at home with their families for as long as their condition safely permits.
• The trust is committed to the staff by providing an environment to facilitate care. In addition, there is access to educational and training courses to ensure staff are supported and able to provide a high standard of care.