The Crocus Team

The Crocus team offers a personalised home the logo of maternity community team Crocusbirth service across the Croydon borough, providing care to women who choose to have their baby at home. This team also provide domino care when needed for some of their caseload of women.

Your midwife will arrange to meet with you at a place and time to suit you, usually in your home for your appointments. You and your midwife will develop a comprehensive birth plan that is tailored to you.

You will be given a named midwife who will provide care for you and your family throughout your pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. Your midwife and a second midwife, who you will have met during your pregnancy, will be on hand to attend your homebirth.

Get in touch

You can contact the team with questions and appointment bookings on  CH-TR.CrocusTeam@nhs.net or call 07976681727

The Rainbow team

The team provide care for women who live in Crystal palace, Thornton heath and Bensham manor.rainbow team logo

We provide continuity of care to some of our most vulnerable clients of the borough during the antenatal , intrapartum and postnatal period. We have the pleasure of working on the birth centre and labour ward to provide care for our clientele.

 

Get in Touch

You can contact the team with questions about your appointment bookings on:

Email: ch-tr.rainbowmidwives@nhs.net

Telephone: 07442814444

The Lucina Team

The Lucina team of midwives are based  logo of maternity community team, Lucinaat Croydon University Hospital, caring for women with low risk pregnancies. If you’re looked after by the Lucina team, all of your appointments will occur at the Lucina Birth Centre, which should be your preferred place  to give birth.

Your care will be provided by a small team of midwives throughout your pregnancy, birth and postnatal period, meaning you will be allocated two named midwives who will care for you during your pregnancy and aim to deliver your baby.

 

Get in touch

You can contact the team with questions and appointment bookings on  ch-tr.lucinabirthcentre@nhs.net or 02084013169, 24 hours a day. Please leave a message and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

 

The Leander Team

The Leander team of midwives supportLogo of maternity community team, Leander women who live in Norbury park, Norbury and Pollards Hill and West Thornton, as well as working on our birth centre and delivery suite within the maternity unit at Croydon University Hospital.

We provide continuity of care for women during pregnancy, birth and postnatal period, which means your care will be provided by a small team of midwives. You will be allocated two named midwives who will care for you during your pregnancy and aim to deliver your baby.

 

Get in touch

You can contact the team with questions and appointment bookings on  ch-tr.leandermidwives@nhs.net or call 07773977042

The Shirley, Waddon & South Team

The Shirley, Waddon and South team of midwives support women who have traditional community based midwifery care and have a planned birth centre or hospital birth but have their antenatal and postnatal care provided at their local community hub.

 

Get in touch

You can contact each team with questions and appointment bookings via the below contacts:

 

Shirley midwives -  ch-tr.shirleymidwives@nhs.net or call 07976704027

 

Waddon midwives -  ch-tr.waddonmidwives@nhs.net or call 07976704127

 

Purley and New Addington midwives (south midwives) -  CH-TR.southmidwives@nhs.net or call 07976 704 097

If you book your appointments with one of our continuity of care teams, we’ll make sure you’re cared for by the same small team of midwives. From your initial appointment all the way through to the day you give birth, we’ll provide you with comfort and familiarity when you need it most.

 

We know that when women have continuity of care throughout their pregnancy, particularly those with more complex health needs, they receive safer and more personalised care and build a relationship of mutual trust and respect with their midwives.

 

This has been proven to lead to better health outcomes for both mum and baby, reducing pre-term births, hospital admissions and the need for intervention during labour, as well as improving the experiences of both pregnancy and birth for women/birthing people

 

Midwife Helen has been supporting women through their pregnancies for over two years and now leads on our Continuity of Carer work. Here’s why she joined our Croydon family:

 

“You never forget the first baby you deliver. As a student, I was part of a home birth team when I got the call that one of our expectant mums was in labour. I’d already met her at an antenatal clinic during her pregnancy and when I arrived at her home we had a real connection.

Midwife Helen

"I realised how important it is that we’re there for women all the way through their maternity journey. That familiarity, in such an important time in someone’s life, creates a real bond between midwife and mum and it was a privilege to be there to support her.

 

"In Croydon, we’re part of a diverse borough and our mums range in age, ethnicity and health conditions. It’s incredibly rewarding to be able to support all of our new parents to have a happy and healthy pregnancy, giving them the reassurance they need, when they need it.

 

"I’m often asked how many babies I’ve delivered and honestly, I couldn’t count the number. It must be in the 100’s by now, but what’s most important to me is the care we’re giving to each individual woman - from her first appointment through to the time she takes her baby home.

 

"Being a midwife is much more than just a job, but when I hear the positive feedback from our new mums it makes those early mornings and late nights worthwhile.”