Addenbrooke's Hospital
Research and Development
The Rosie Hospital
Delivery Unit
Rosie services
Box: 222
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hills Road,
Cambridge,
CB2 0QQ
Tel: 01223 217 217
Finding the Delivery Unit
The Delivery Unit and Obstetric Theatre are situated on level 3 (second floor) of the Rosie Hospital. It is signposted from the main reception area of the Rosie Hospital, which is on Robinson Way. From the main concourse in Addenbrooke’s site, it is signposted along the link ('clown') corridor to Level 2 of the Rosie, and then follow the signs to the Delivery Unit.
Layout and management:
The Delivery Unit has a birthing pool, a home-from-home birthing room, seven delivery rooms and four clinical rooms. The clinical rooms are used for women who have known high risk factors that might complicate labour and delivery. One of these rooms has specialist monitoring equipment for women who require high-dependency care.
Obstetric theatres: The Rosie theatres provide a twin-theatre suite for the service. Geographically, they are part of the Delivery Unit and provide 24-hour, 7-day emergency cover as well as six elective surgery lists. The theatre team provide 24-hour cover for theatres and recovery including operative department practitioner support.
A recovery bay of four beds enables women to be cared for under close supervision for the first two hours following Caesarian section (and longer if required) before they are taken to the inpatient wards.
Services
The Delivery Unit and obstetric theatres aim to provide a high quality of care to mothers and babies during childbirth and the immediate post-natal period. We offer both midwifery and consultant-led care; the lead carer will be decided from a risk assessment in the antenatal period and by the woman’s choice.
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We deliver approximately 5000 babies per year
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We have a 26 % caesarean rate (elective and emergency, 2004 figures)
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We have a 20 % induction of labour rate (2004 figures)
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A comprehensive anaesthetic service with consultant supervision provides anaesthesia for elective and emergency procedures. A 24-hour epidural service is also provided for analgesia in labour when requested.
