Whipps Cross Hospital

Whipps Cross University Hospital
Special Care baby Unit
Maternity Unit
Whipps Cross Road
Leytonstone
London E11 1NR

Tel: 020 8535 6513

http://www.whippsx.nhs.uk/

To view the Parent Information Leaflet for this Unit please click here.

Whipps Cross Hospital runs as a Local Neonatal Unit (LNU).  LNUs provide neonatal care for their own catchment population, except for the sickest babies. They provide all categories of neonatal care, but they transfer babies who require complex or longer-term intensive care. The majority of babies over 27 weeks of gestation will usually receive their full care, including short periods of intensive care, within the LNU. Some networks have agreed variations on this policy, due to local requirements. Some LNUs provide high dependency care and short periods of intensive care for their network population. LNUs may receive transfers from other neonatal services in the network, if these fall within their agreed work pattern.

Within the Unit, there are 3 nurseries, known as the Hot Nursery, Cool Nursery and the Cold Nursery. The Hot Nursery is where babies are usually admitted or babies requiring Intensive Care or life support.  Just because your baby is admitted to this room does not always mean your baby is very sick, but this is where the admission procedure is carried out and your baby settled onto the Unit.  We will then reassess to see if your baby can be moved into another nursery for their onward care.

The Cool Nursery is for babies requiring High Dependency Care and the Cold Nursery is where babies who are almost ready to go home will stay.  During a babies stay on the Unit, he or she will be moved to progressively cooler nurseries as their condition improves and as space provides.

VISITING
There is non restrictive visiting for parents and siblings. Other relatives and friends have two set visiting times - 15.00-16.30 & 18.30-20.00.

FACILITIES
Parking fees endorsed for a week for long term visits.

Parents sitting room and kitchen
These rooms are available for parents only. The kitchen has a kettle, microwave and fridge.

Parent accomodation
If Mum is an inpatient then she will have a bed on the Postnatal Ward. Unfortunately, there are no facilities for Dad to room in.

If Mum is not an inpatient there is limited availability for her to room in, but unfortunately there are no facilities for Dad or the babies siblings to stay.

There are no costs associated with the accommodation and rooms are only available on a short term agreement.

GETTING TO WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL

For information on how to get to Whipps Cross Hospital by car, Underground, Rail and Bus services please click on the link below.

Travelling to Whipps Cross Hospital

The above link also provides you with a hosptial site map and location finder.