Equipment
Bean bags
Telemetry (wireless monitoring)
Not available
Reclining chair
Aromatherapy service
Not provided, bring your own
Birth mats
TENS machine
Hypnobirth friendly
Birth balls
Dimmable lighting
LED candles
Birth stool
Available
Supporting rope/sling
Available
Audio facilities for iPod/phone
Pain Management Options
Entonox
Available
Morphine Sulphate (Oramorph)
Pethidine
Epidural
Not available
Meptid
Not available
Water
After Your Birth
Provision for Partners
Partners can stay with the birthing person throughout labour and birth at anytime of the day or night.
Your Stay After Birth
Contact Information
Useful Contacts
Main telephone number 01206 747474
If in labour telephone number 01206 845240
Location
Colchester General Hospital
Colchester Maternity Constable Wing
Turner Road,
Colchester,
Essex
CO4 5JL
By Bus
There are bus stops in the hospital grounds, on Turner Road and on Northern
Way. Buses that stop outside the main doors to the hospital are 8, 84 and 84B operated by Arriva and 61, 65, 68 operated by First. Buses that stop on Turner Road outside the hospital are 80, 81 and 81A operated by Arriva.
Park & Ride service: there is a bus stop on Northern Way with a pedestrian route into the hospital.
By Car
Turner Road.
Visitor Information
Partner
No restrictions on partners during induction of labour or during labour and birth.
Your Own Children
Friends and Family
During labour and birth
maximum of two birth partners (no swapping)
After birth on postnatal ward 8am-8pm
Car Parking
Woman/Birthing Person in Labour
Partner and Visitor
Hospital Car Park
| Length of time | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 30 mins | Free |
| Up to 1 hour | £2.20 |
| Up to 2 hours | £3.30 |
| Up to 4 hours | £4.50 |
| Up to 5 hours | £5.50 |
| Up to 8 hours | £6.50 |
| 3 day pass | £8.00 |
| 5 day pass | £12.00 |
| 7 day pass | £14.00 |
Cash and card options at pay machine - pay on exit
Other Useful Information
Accessibility
Accessibility Guides
Interpreting Service
Neonatal Care
Specialist Midwifery Teams
Specialist Clinics and Services
“Our aim at Colchester Hospital Maternity Services is to provide individualised, high quality and safe care that puts you at the centre of all we do”