Antenatal and Newborn Screening Department

Our maternity ward has moved back to Rockingham Wing on Thursday 27 March 2025

Rockingham Wing MaternityWe have moved our postnatal maternity beds back to Rockingham Wing from Sir Thomas Moore (STM) Ward.

We are delighted that our postnatal maternity ward has undergone extensive improvements and is now ready to welcome patients back to the upgraded facilities.

The updated Maple Ward, located in Rockingham Wing, has been designed with the safety and comfort of our patients and their babies as our top priority. We look forward to providing care in this refreshed and enhanced space.

COVID Guidance

  • If you develop COVID during your pregnancy please notify your midwife as additional care planning may be required.
  • If you have symptoms of COVID and are coming to hospital please inform the midwifery team prior to your arrival to ensure you are cared for appropriately.
  •  If you are COVID positive during your stay you will be asked to wear a face mask other than when in active labour.  Staff looking after you will also be wearing masks and other protective clothing.
We will continue to support partners attending scans and births during this time.
 
A COVID vaccine is strongly recommended for pregnant and breastfeeding women by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives. The coronavirus (COVID) vaccines available in the UK are the safest and most effective way to protect you and your baby. Please speak to your GP to book.

Patient Information Leaflets

During your pregnancy you will be offered antenatal screening tests and scans. You will also be offered screening tests for your baby when it is born. Information is available regarding screening tests for you and your baby; this booklet is available in different languages.
 
The Antenatal and Newborn Screening department is staffed by midwives, support workers and specialist doctors who work to ensure that all pregnant women are offered all of the recommended screening tests within the correct time frame. Most screening tests results will not find any problems but occasionally there can be a result that requires further testing, scans, investigation or specialist input. The staff will work together with a wide range of experts who provide as much information as possible to inform and to support you at this time.

Our Clinics

  • The Antenatal and Newborn Screening office is open from 07:30 to 17:00 Monday to Friday. 
  • Fetal Medicine Clinics run Monday to Thursday mornings with either KGH consultants or specialist consultants from Leicester NHS Trust.

Our Team

Consultant Obstetricians and Specialists in Fetal Medicine
Dr Rukhsana Iqbal - Kettering General NHS Trust
Dr Hatem Mousa - Leicester NHS Trust
Dr Eamonn Breslin - Leicester NHS Trust
Dr Manjiri Khare - Leicester NHS Trust
Dr Farah Siddiqui - Leicester NHS Trust

Midwife Specialist/s

Lisa Drummond - Antenatal and Newborn Screening Co-ordinator
Alison Davison - Deputy Screening Co-ordinator
Jenny Miah - Screening Midwife
Christine Cosford - Screening Midwife
Chloe Tracey - Associate Practitioner
Angela Power - Screening and Failsafe Administrator
Kate Pratt - Screening and Failsafe Administrator
Lacie Garden - Screening and Failsafe Administrator

Our Services

  • Antenatal screening
  • Fetal medicine scans
  • Newborn screening:
  • Newborn infant physical examination. 
  • Blood Spot
  • Hearing Screen
  • Immunisation; Influenza (flu) Whooping cough
  • Respiratory Syncytial virus Vaccine (RSV)

Patient Information Leaflets

Useful Links

Respiratory Syncytial virus Vaccine (RSV)

 

Contact Details

Trust Headquarters
Glebe House
Rothwell Road
Kettering
Northants
NN16 8UZ
 
Telephone:  +44 (0) 1536 492000