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If you are visiting our hospital please ensure you are following the latest COVID-19 guidance
Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell or have COVID-19 symptoms.
Thank you for helping us keep high standards of Infection Prevention and Control, which reduce the chance of visitors bringing COVID-19 into our hospitals.
For information on virtual visiting, please click here.
Gynaecology (Ward 62)
2.00 pm – 4.30 pm & 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm daily (including weekends).
Please discuss with the ward manager or ward sisters if you require visiting outside of these hours. Visiting is strictly restricted to a maximum of 2 people per bed and we advise against children visiting.
Newborn Intensive Care (Ward 68)
We encourage you to visit your baby as frequently as possible and to stay as long as you are able to.
Other relatives and friends that come to see your baby must be with you or they will not be allowed onto the Unit. Only one person at a time are allowed to visit your baby at the cot side as the rooms can get very busy.
* The only time we ask you not to visit is during the doctors’ ward round, which are:
Intensive care rooms 4 and 5 – 9.00 am – 11.30 am
All other rooms – 9.00 am – 11.00 am
Breastfeeding facilities onsite
There are a number of breastfeeding facilities available throughout each hospital site. Please see below for a full list of feeding locations:
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital – Out-patient Department
Located on the ground floor within the main waiting area
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Located on the ground floor within the main hospital corridor, by the blood room (2 rooms)
Saint Mary’s Hospital – Located in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
For parents/families with babies on the unit
Saint Mary’s Hospital – Main hospital corridor
Located on the second floor, opposite the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit’s parents’ accommodation
Saint Mary’s Hospital – Scan department
Located on the ground floor within the main waiting area
Royal Eye Hospital atrium
By the main reception desk
