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.
- Contact us
- The Team
- Induction of labour
- COVID-19: Read the latest information about our maternity services during the pandemic
- Information in different languages and communication support available to you
- Your feedback matters: complete a survey to let us know about 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
Do you have an appointment?
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Barnet Hospital
Wellhouse Lane
Barnet
EN5 3DJSwitchboard: 084 5111 4000
Bookings: 0203 758 2022 -
Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QGSwitchboard: 020 7794 0500
Antenatal appointments: Ext 36169
Labour ward: Ext 33850/33849
Labour ward direct line: 020 7830 2721
Hospital locations
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Barnet Hospital
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View in Google Maps
Royal Free Hospital
Hospital switchboard: 0207 794 0500
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
Consultant
Mr Sajjad Ali
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and High Risk Obstetrics, Fetal Growth Restrician and DAU Lead
Natasha Barbaneagra
Consultant obstetrician and Barnet Hospital Clinical Director
Sumayyah Bilal
Consultant Midwife
Miss Maggie Blott
Consultant Obstetrician, Service Line Lead for Obstetrics, Lead for Risk Management and Clinical Governance
Cheryl Walsh-Durand
Consultant Midwife
Mr Demetrios Economides
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Lead for Fetal Medicine/ Recurrent Miscarriage
Phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 34939
Email address: demetrios.economides@nhs.net
Private practice phone number: 020 7435 5417 / fax: 020 7472 6154
Miss Heather Evans
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Clinical Director/ Lead for Gynae Cancer
Email address: heatherevans@nhs.net
PA/secretary phone number: 020 7830 2566
PA/secretary email address: maureen.cumberbatch@nhs.net
Fax: 020 7830 2562
Miss Badenan Fathulla
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Labour ward Lead and Lead for Postgraduate Medical Education and Teaching, Lead for Postnatal Ward
Miss Rebecca Gibbs
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, special interest in Colposcopy & Vulva Disease
Mr Akylas Grammeniatis
Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, special interest in Minimally Invasive Gynaecological surgery
Mrs Joanne Hockey
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Lead for Urogynaecology including perineal care, Undergraduate Lead, Women’s Health Module
Phone number: 020 7830 2563
Email address: Joanne.hockey@nhs.net
Miss Yasmine Huq
Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Mr Dagogo Jaja
Associate Specialist, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Professor Rezan Kadir
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Fetal Medicine / Special Interest in Bleeding Disorders and Research Lead
Miss Emma Kirk
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Lead for EPAU and Acute Gynaecology
Miss Eleni Mavrides
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Special interest in Benign Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Fibroid
PA/secretary phone number: 0207 830 2566
PA/secretary email address: maureen.cumberbatch@nhs.net
Private practice phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 35874
Miss Maria Memtsa
Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Early Pregnancy and Emergency Gynaecology
Miss Henna Mohiudin
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, special interest in Preterm Birth Screening
Phone number: 020 7830 2566
Email address: hmohiudin@nhs.net
PA/secretary phone number: maureen.cumberbatch@nhs.net
Mr Fevzi Shakir
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Advanced Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery
Miss Vinita Singh
Consultant Obstetrician, Maternal Medicine and College Tutor
Rose Villar
Miss Alison Wright
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist/special interest in Maternal Medicine and Perinatal Mental Health
Miss Nicole Zenner
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, special interest in colposcopy and Vulva Disease
Phone number: 020 7830 2566
Email address: rf.obstetricsandgynaeadmin@nhs.net
PA/secretary email address: Maureen.Cumberbatch@nhs.net
Fax: 020 7830 2562
Management team
Ruth-Akoto-Appiah
Head of Midwifery Royal Free Site
David Connor
Group Director of Midwifery
Anne Fowler
Professional Midwifery Advocate
Ruth Ouzia
Divisional Director of Operations, Women and Children
Julie Savage
Senior Operations Manager, Women’s Directorate
Collette Spencer
Head of Midwifery Barnet Hospital Site
Ann Stritter
Outpatient matron, Barnet Hospital site
Hemant Vakharia
Tim Wickham
Divisional Director, Women and Children’s
Other key team members
Freya El Baz
Co-chair, Maternity Voices Partnership
Behnaz Firooz
Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)
Anna Glowacka
Co-chair Maternity Voices Partnership
Patient leaflets
Read our patient leaflets and publications
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Turkish translation
.pdf (296 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Albanian translation
.pdf (215 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Romanian translation
.pdf (244 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Portuguese translation
.pdf (231 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Pashto translation
.pdf (335 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Polish translation
.pdf (249 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Kurdish translation
.pdf (248 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Greek translation
.pdf (287 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Farsi translation
.pdf (327 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein - Arabic translation
.pdf (286 KB)
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Undescended testes
.pdf (124 KB)
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Eye examination during baby check
.pdf (138 KB)
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Gestational diabetes (diabetes developed during pregnancy) (Large Print)
.pdf (379 KB)
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Gestational diabetes (Kurdish)
.pdf (1 MB)
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Gestational diabetes (Polish)
.pdf (572 KB)
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Gestational diabetes (Arabic)
.pdf (1 MB)
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Gestational diabetes (Pashto)
.pdf (920 KB)
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Gestational diabetes (Romanain)
.pdf (857 KB)
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Gestational diabetes (Persian)
.pdf (894 KB)
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Gestational diabetes (Albanian)
.pdf (382 KB)
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Partners/companions visits to our ultrasound departments for pregnancy scans
.pdf (188 KB)
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Low Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein A (PAPP-A)
.pdf (250 KB)
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Considering a caesarean birth
.pdf (467 KB)
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Approved: 23/06/2022
Pregnancy loss
.pdf (359 KB)
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Approved: 13/06/2022
Choosing where to have your baby
.pdf (175 KB)
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Approved: 07/04/2022
Type 2 diabetes and pregnancy
.pdf (586 KB)
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Approved: 07/04/2022
Type 1 diabetes and pregnancy
.pdf (567 KB)
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Approved: 01/04/2022
Progesterone treatment in early pregnancy
.pdf (435 KB)
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Approved: 01/03/2022
Antenatal hydronephrosis
.pdf (182 KB)
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Approved: 22/02/2022
Continuity of carer through pregnancy, birth and postnatally
.pdf (156 KB)
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Approved: 25/10/2021
Snack options for those with diabetes in pregnancy
.pdf (181 KB)
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Approved: 25/08/2021
Welcoming partners/companions to our maternity services
.pdf (158 KB)
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Approved: 12/09/2022
Visiting Maternity Information for women
.pdf (293 KB)
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Approved: 23/08/2021
Re-introduction of partners to the antenatal ultrasound department for antenatal scans
.pdf (185 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart mumurs in babies (Turkish)
.pdf (255 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart murmurs in babies (Romanian)
.pdf (252 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart murmurs in babies (Portuguese)
.pdf (202 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart murmurs in babies (Polish)
.pdf (255 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart murmurs in babies (Pashto)
.pdf (256 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart murmurs in babies (Kurdish)
.pdf (314 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart murmurs in babies (Greek)
.pdf (258 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart murmurs in babies (Arabic)
.pdf (260 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart murmurs in babies (Albanian)
.pdf (201 KB)
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Approved: 27/05/2021
Keeping mothers and babies together - our pathway explained
.pdf (443 KB)
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Approved: 24/05/2021
Heart mumurs in babies
.pdf (202 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Turkish)
.pdf (482 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Romanian)
.pdf (435 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Portuguese)
.pdf (566 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Polish)
.pdf (417 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Persian)
.pdf (592 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Pashto)
.pdf (610 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Kurdish)
.pdf (609 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Greek)
.pdf (428 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Arabic)
.pdf (563 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy (Albanian)
.pdf (450 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Turkish)
.pdf (306 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Romanian)
.pdf (298 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Portuguese)
.pdf (372 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Polish)
.pdf (299 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Pashto)
.pdf (481 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Kurdish)
.pdf (421 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Greek)
.pdf (316 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Farsi)
.pdf (431 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Arabic)
.pdf (497 KB)
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Approved: 02/03/2021
Your birth options after a previous caesarean birth (Albanian)
.pdf (294 KB)
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Approved: 21/04/2021
Pregnancy of an unknown location
.pdf (218 KB)
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Approved: 01/04/2021
Having an intrauterine device at time of your caesarean birth
.pdf (273 KB)
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Approved: 01/04/2021
Antenatal care for women at risk of preterm birth
.pdf (366 KB)
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Approved: 29/03/2021
Group B streptococcus in pregnancy
.pdf (406 KB)
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Approved: 26/03/2021
Nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy
.pdf (323 KB)
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Approved: 30/11/2020
Gestational diabetes (Persian)
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Approved: 26/11/2020
Gestational diabetes (diabetes developed during pregnancy)
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Approved: 21/10/2020
Breakfast options for those with diabetes in pregnancy
.pdf (208 KB)
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Approved: 22/08/2022
TB, BCG vaccine and your baby
.pdf (2 MB)
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Approved: 22/08/2022
Feeling your baby move (English). See ‘Your baby’s movement’ page for other languages
.pdf (149 KB)
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Approved: 22/08/2022
D negative mother’s blood test to check her unborn baby’s blood group
.pdf (1 MB)
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FAQs - Fetal RhD screening test
.pdf (311 KB)
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Approved: 22/08/2022
Smoking and reproduction - ASH factsheet
.pdf (420 KB)
In this section
- COVID-19 (coronavirus): Information for maternity service users
- Information in different languages
- Choosing where to have your baby
- Home births
- Our birth centres
- Consultant-led delivery suites
- Maternity self-referral form
- Antenatal care
- Your baby's movements
- Fetal medicine unit
- Giving birth: what to bring
- Planned caesarean section
- Amenity rooms
- Maternity day assessment unit
- Postnatal care
- Orange hat appeal
- Feeding your baby
- Gallery
- Useful resources: maternity
- Maternity Voices at the Royal Free London
- When to call the maternity service
- Induction of labour
- Newborn screening programme