In this section
Women from across the North West of England, North Wales and the Isle of Man use this service, which provides preconception, antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care. The aim is to provide pregnancy-focused, woman-centred care.
Our team
A large team of clinicians contribute to this service including:
Obstetricians:
Dr Anna Roberts – Consultant Obstetrician
Dr Samantha Bonner – Consultant Obstetrician
Cardiologists:
Professor Bernard Clarke – Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Damien Cullington – Consultant Cardiologist
Professor Bernard Keavney – Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Omar Asghar – Consultant Cardiologist
Maternal Medicine Midwifery team
Anaesthetists
How can I access this service?
Women with known or suspected heart disease (or aortic disease) should be referred by their GP or consultant for preconception advice. Any women who are already booked in at Saint Mary’s who have known or suspected heart disease (or aortic disease) should be referred as early in pregnancy as possible.
Women with moderate or high risk cardiac disease who are booked at other hospitals should also be referred, although some may continue their care in their local hospital if this seems appropriate.
Please use the following link to refer a patient:
MFT Maternal Medicine Referral Form (office.com)
Any additional information could be emailed to us on maternal.medicine@mft.nhs.uk
Please include as much information as possible.
Referrals within MFT come via the HIVE, the hospital IT system.
‘Outpatient referral to Obstetrics – Pregnancy Cardiac’
Location
Antenatal Department, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL.
Clinic times
The team run a clinic on Tuesday mornings seeing women for preconception advice, antenatal care and postnatal care.
Most women attending this clinic will have an echo and an ECG performed, before seeing the midwife, and then the obstetrician and cardiologist. An anaesthetist is also available in clinic and fetal echocardiography and obstetric ultrasound can be done at the same visit.