Jessop Wing

The Jessop Wing opened in 2001 and is a purpose built maternity unit where approximately 7,000 babies are born every year.

In addition to a 22 bed labour ward, there are three postnatal wards and one antenatal ward, an admission Triage area and a High Dependency Unit. One of the postnatal wards specialises in caring for women who have had a caesarean section. In addition the Jessop Wing Community Midwifery Service attend approximately 200 homebirths per year.

The Jessop Wing also provides neonatal intensive care and special care for sick and premature babies born in Sheffield and those transferred from other units who require this expertise.

On the ground floor of the Jessop Wing is the Antenatal Clinic and Gynaecology Outpatient Clinic. The Gynaecology Service also includes two wards on G Floor of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

The Jessop Wing also has an Assisted Conception Unit for women who require this specialist treatment.

The Jessop Wing has disabled access and there are facilities for the disabled.

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Important information:

Essential maintenance at the Jessop Wing ensures facilities remain safe

A significant programme of essential maintenance is taking place at the Jessop Wing Hospital to ensure the facilities remain as high quality and safe as possible for women and babies using the services.

The planned maintenance and deep cleaning programme, which will be complete in August 2012, should cause minimal disruption to staff and women although in some areas noise levels may be slightly higher than usual.

Dotty Watkins, Head of Midwifery at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We have carefully planned how the impact of the work will be managed to limit disruption to patients and our services. There are times in the programme when some parts of the Labour unit will be temporarily unavailable but plans have been put in place to ensure enough beds remain available for women during busy periods. Contingency plans are also in place if we do have an unforeseen rise in the number of women going into labour.”

The Hospital will continue to work closely with neighbouring hospitals maternity services to ensure they are aware of the situation. If pregnant women have any questions or concerns, their assigned midwife will be happy to discuss this further.