Descriptions of the QCCH areas of work

Labour ward

3rd floor QCCH   



Rooms 1-11: ‘low risk side’

Rooms A and B: Obstetric HDU

Rooms C-F: ‘high risk side’

MDT handover room: situated on the low risk side

Anaesthetic office: situated on the high risk side



Labour ward theatre

3rd floor QCCH


Theatre 1: theatre on the left, larger, preferably for twins delivery or complex cases.   Has red phone.

First choice theatre when out of hours

Theatre 2: theatre on the right, smaller, has emergency buzzer



Postnatal wards                 

1st floor QCCH


Edith Dare ward

Sir Stanley Clayton (private patients or NHS patients with private rooms)



Antenatal clinic

Ground floor QCCH

Notes for Dr Sodhi’s high risk clinic are stored in the filing room