Maternity services

Overview

If you are planning a homebirth around this time, your midwife will speak to you about what this means for your care.

We are proud to provide supportive, personalised and high-quality maternity care to more than 10,000 women living in and around Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Hertfordshire, Islington and Middlesex.

If you would like to have your baby with us, please fill out our online self-referral form.

We offer maternity care from several hospitals and community hubs. Our two main maternity hospitals are Barnet Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital. We also provide maternity services at Chase Farm Hospital, Edgware Community Hospital, Cheshunt Community Hospital, Finchley Memorial Hospital and a range of health centres, GP practices, children's centres and other community locations. 

Watch a video about our maternity services.

This film highlights the maternity services available at our hospitals. If you are pregnant and deciding which hospital to have your baby at, watch this film to see our maternity team explain the services we offer and the different sorts of births available.

National maternity safety strategy

The Government asked all organisations with maternity services to make a commitment to contribute towards achieving the national ambition and improve maternity outcomes. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust maternity services are part of this National Maternity Safety Strategy and has implemented a Maternity Safety Improvement Plan to support the national Maternity Safety Ambition.

Your feedback matters: compliments, comments, and complaints

  • If you would like to speak with us about your maternity visit or stay, please contact PALS.  
  • Please debrief about your birth experience or aspects of your maternity journey please inform your community midwife who should be able to facilitate this for you or will liaise with the maternity team on your behalf.  
  • To send us feedback about our website or if you have spotted an error, please contact our website team.

Contact

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Find your ward

  • Barnet Hospital

    Wellhouse Lane
    Barnet
    EN5 3DJ

    Switchboard: 084 5111 4000
    Bookings: 0203 758 2022

  • Royal Free Hospital

    Pond Street
    London
    NW3 2QG

    Switchboard: 020 7794 0500
    Antenatal appointments: Ext 36169
    Labour ward: Ext 33850/33849
    Labour ward direct line: 020 7830 2721

Hospital locations

Referrals

Referral details

If you are a GP and would like to refer to our service, please use our online GP referral form.

If you are pregnant and would like to have your baby with us, please fill out our online self-referral form.

If this form does not display properly, please access it as a standalone web page.

The Team

Patient leaflets

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