Electronic patient information and maternity healthcare information

We have introduced a new maternity electronic patient record system.  This means that we no longer use paper forms for recording information about your maternity care.

It only applies to the maternity service, which is from your first point of contact with one of our midwives through to when you are discharged from the care of your midwife to a health visitor.  Our midwifery team now record this information on the new electronic system online on a computer or iPad.  

This means that we can access information about your maternity care in one place, safely and securely at all times, when we visit you at home and in our hospital delivery suite and maternity ward.

The care you receive from our midwifery and health visiting staff will remain the same. However, it does mean that we will no longer provide you with a copy of your maternity patient record notes to carry with you, if you are a new patient. This is because this information will all be available on line, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to the staff providing your care.

This information is currently only accessible online to healthcare professionals.

We have also transferred all relevant general maternity healthcare information to Badgernet website, instead of giving out paper copies to women.  

We have also transferred all relevant general maternity healthcare information to this website, instead of giving out paper copies to women.  

This means that you can access this general healthcare information online on Badgernet at any time, such as antenatal class dates and times.  This is in addition to the information on the Trust's maternity website pages. Your midwife will set up your Badgernet account during your initial booking appointment to enable you to access your notes and information leaflets.