50,000 local mothers over the next ten years will now benefit from these improvements to the Whipps Cross maternity and neonatal unit with many more likely to benefit from the new research opportunities. And together with the other maternity facilities operated by Barts Health NHS Trust, the new Whipps Cross centre is part of the biggest maternity service in Europe.
Fiona Miller Smith, our Chief Executive says: “We’re delighted to have funded this hugely exciting new project at Whipps Cross Hospital. It is set to have a huge impact on the local population, supporting mothers and children of East London.
“It also builds on our previous £2 million funding to establish the Barts Research Centre for Women’s Health, and we’re confident that it will give them a greater reach to ensure significantly improved care and outcomes for mothers across the UK.”
The difference made
- improving patient experience
- expanding the unit
- creating better facilities for partners and parents of babies who need special care to stay overnight
- introducing dedicated facilities to increase the research capacity
- building an emergency corridor to the main hospital, a journey that currently requires an ambulance