Midwifery-Led Unit (MLU)
Community Hub
A number of post natal clinics are run every day.
Newborn screening
At day five everyone is offered an appointment to attend for the new born screening test (heal prick test). Your midwife will tell you more about this beforehand.
Day | Service |
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Monday | Newborn Screening Test (NST) 9.30am – 4.30pm The health professional will prick the baby’s heel using a special device to collect blood onto a card to find out if the baby has any rare but serious health conditions. Early treatment can improve baby’s health. This is booked by the community Midwife when you first see at home following the birth. |
Tuesday |
Newborn Screening Test (NST) 9.30am – 4.30pm Early Bird Clinic Tuesdays – 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Wednesday |
Newborn Screening Test (NST) 9.30am – 4.30pm WYNDLOW Team – Continuity of Carer 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Thursday |
Newborn Screening Test (NST) 9.30am – 4.30pm WYNDLOW Team – Continuity of Carer 9.30am – 4.30pm Parent Education Classes 1pm – 3pm Hypnobirthing 6.30pm – 9pm |
Friday |
Newborn Screening Test (NST) 9.30am – 4.30pm Reflexology and membrane sweep 9.30am – 4.30pm |
Saturday |
Newborn Screening Test (NST) 9.30am – 4.30pm HIPS (Health in Pregnancy Service) 10am – 12noon |
Sunday | Newborn Screening Test (NST) 9.30am – 4.30pm The health professional will prick the baby’s heel using a special device to collect blood onto a card to find out if the baby has any rare but serious health conditions. Early treatment can improve baby’s health. This is booked by the community Midwife when you first see at home following the birth. |
Maternity Led Unit
Charles Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 9LZ
Limited free on-site and on-street parking is available, alongside pay and display car parking within a short walking distance.
Service leads
Carol King-Stephens, Community Midwife/Centre Manager
Kate Horton, Matron
Tel: 01922 605421 / 01922 605422
Walsall’s Midwifery-Led Unit has limited parking spaces for those using its services as well as Walsall Healthcare’s own staff so we ask any partners, friends or relatives dropping people off to please park in nearby Station Street, rather than waiting outside the unit in Charles Street.
Parking is 50p per hour (as at April 2021) and can be found at postcode: WS2 9JZ.
Local residents are also being affected as drivers are parking on the double yellow lines to wait and this obstructs their vision when they are trying to manoeuvre the road by their homes.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Referrals are accepted via a midwife or other Walsall Healthcare professional.