Approximately 3,000 babies are born at Royal Surrey each year, delivered by our exceptional team of midwives. Our Maternity Care Fund supports babies and their parents, from pregnancy to birth and beyond. 

By donating to our Maternity Care Fund, you are helping to ensure newborn babies and their families receive world class care in a comfortable and welcoming setting. 

Your donation could help:

• Fund state-of-the-art equipment and technology
• Enhance the experience of our patients by funding comfortable and welcoming spaces
• Support staff wellbeing so our amazing NHS staff can provide extraordinary care
• Invest in research, training and education 

The difference you make

Thanks to your support, Royal Surrey Charity funded two birthing couches for our maternity suite, which can be moved into the most comfortable position for mums-to-be during labour.

The couches, which aid a more active labour, also make it easier for partners to be much more involved during and following birth. After birth, the couch can be converted into a double bed to provide a relaxing space where parents can bond with their new arrivals.

Sally Stainer from Royal Surrey’s Birth Centre Team, told us:

“The birthing couch has made such a big difference to all the mums who’ve used it – they’ve said how wonderfully comfy it is and what a big difference it’s made being able to cuddle their babies in a more relaxing environment.”

More recently, donations have funded a counselling room for families who have experienced the loss of a baby during pregnancy or after they are born. This new less clinical, comfortable space means bereaved parents can be taken directly to the room for their follow up appointments, and no longer have to wait in a communal area shared with antenatal services, often alongside heavily pregnant women – which families found traumatic and upsetting. 

Your support has also helped fund:

• Artwork to display on the maternity suite to make it less clinical
• Equipment to support screening for jaundice in babies in the community
• Enhancements to the bereavement suite, for families whose babies are born sleeping. 

There’s more we can do, but we need your help.

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Thank you for your support