Facilities
Birthing rooms
Ensuite
4
Birthing pools
2
Theatres
Available via labour suite
Neonatal care
Available.
Equipment
Bean bags
Telemetry (wireless monitoring)
Not available. Intermittent auscultation only
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
Not available
Audio facilities for iPod/phone
Pain Management Options
Entonox
Available
Morphine Sulphate (Oramorph)
Pethidine
Epidural
Not available
Meptid
Not available
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
Location
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
West Suffolk Hospital
Hardwick Lane
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 2QZ
By Bus
The main bus station is in St Andrew's Street North, a few minutes walk from the town centre. Mulleys Bus Company runs the M11/M22 bus service from here to the hospital and return; currently this runs at hourly intervals at 10 minutes past the hour arriving at the hospital at 27 minutes past. For timetable enquiries, please call Mulleys: 01359 230234. Stephensons Bus Company runs the Bury St Edmunds Town Breeze Service from here to the hospital and return; currently this runs at half hourly intervals, at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour arriving at the hospital at 25 and 55 minutes past. For timetable enquiries please call Stephensons: 01440 704583. For details of all buses in the Bury St Edmunds area log on to www.suffolkonboard.com
By Car
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 - Only two designated birth partners
After birth on postnatal ward - (2 visitors per slot): 2.30pm - 4pm, and 7pm - 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 | £4.20 |
Up to 3 hours | £6.40 |
Up to 4 hours | £8.40 |
5 hours and over | £12.70 |
Weekly ticket (7 days) | £30.00 |
Cash and card options at pay machine - pay on exit or via a free app called Glide Parking.
Other Useful Information
Accessibility
Accessibility Guides
Interpreting Service
Neonatal Care
Specialist Midwifery Teams
Specialist Clinics and Services
“We aim to provide high quality care, responding to the needs of mothers and their babies, in a friendly and professional environment.”