- Midwifery referral form – refer yourself for maternity care when you find out you are pregnant
- NHS – Your pregnancy week by week
- NHS – Your antenatal appointments
- NHS – Antenatal checks and tests
- Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC) – Support for if you have a worrying result from an antenatal screening test.
- NHS – Exercise in pregnancy
- NHS – vaccinations in pregnancy
- Information on local NHS antenatal classes
- The neonatal unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- South West Neonatal Network – a guide to all of the neonatal units in the South West Region
The NHS can arrange face-to-face and telephone interpreters if your first language is not English, or you communicate via British sign language, or have hearing or sight impairments.
They can translate leaflets, consent forms, letters and other information into other languages or Braille. Large-print versions of leaflets are also available on request. If you have any special requirements or preferences, please contact Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust PALS (Patient Advice & Liaison Service).
Outpatient services
If you require an interpreter for your hospital appointment, please let the relevant clinic / department know ideally before your appointment. They will arrange a telephone consultation with an interpreter during your appointment.
Inpatient services
If you require an interpreter while you are staying in hospital (inpatient), please speak to the nurse in charge of the ward who will be happy to assist you with this. If your admission is planned, please give the hospital as much notice as possible of any interpreting needs.
- Support with your mental wellbeing – A list of places where you can get mental health support, including NHS services and community providers.
If you find out you are pregnant, it’s normal to feel a range of different emotions. If you’re pregnant but not sure you want to continue with the pregnancy, the following services can talk confidentially with you, free of charge:
- your GP surgery (talk to your doctor or nurse)
- The Pregnancy Advisory Service based at Hope House in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital offers support for women throughout the county who have become pregnant and are unsure of what to do. You will be offered confidential, non-judgmental support.
- Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire – For support with eating healthily, being active and stopping smoking during pregnancy
- Registering a birth in Gloucestershire
- ICON – advice on coping with a crying baby
- Glos Families Directory – The Family Information Service
