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Sometimes we need to undertake further investigations or monitoring and will ask you to attend an Antenatal Assessment Unit (AAU), either at Saint Mary’s Hospital, Oxford Road Campus, Saint Mary’s @ Wythenshawe (called the Day Care Unit) or at our satellite site in Salford.
These units are staffed by experienced midwives. If you are asked to attend an assessment unit, please attend promptly and be aware that the assessment may take several hours.
The midwives working on AAU provide care in a relaxed environment and are able to provide additional monitoring if needed. They work closely with the obstetric team to allow you to receive care without admission to a hospital ward.
Saint Mary’s Hospital (Oxford Road Campus):
Maternity Assessment Unit
Opening hours: 08.30 am – 8.00 pm, Monday to Friday, 09.00 – 5.00pm Saturday & Sunday
Ward 64, 2nd Floor
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9WL
Telephone (0161) 276 6404
Saint Mary’s @ Wythenshawe
Day Care Assessment Unit
Opening hours: 8.00am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 1.00 pm Saturday
Ground floor
Wythenshawe Maternity Unit
Southmoor Road
M23 9LT
Salford – Lance Burn Health Centre
Antenatal Assessment Unit
Opening hours: 8.30 am – 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Lance Burn Health Centre
Churchill Way
Salford, M6 5QX
Telephone (0161) 206 1099
Occasionally we may need to transfer you to Saint Mary’s Hospital, Oxford Road Campus for further specialist care.
The sort of problems in pregnancy that might be monitored by the AAUs include:
- Reduced fetal movements.
- Obstetric Cholestasis.
- High blood pressure monitoring.
- Management of prolonged rupture of membranes.
- External cephalic versions (turning of breech babies).
- Intravenous iron infusions for management of serious anaemia.