A maternity hospital specializes in caring for women during pregnancy and childbirth . It also provides care for newborn infants , and may act as a centre for clinical training in midwifery and obstetrics . Formerly known as lying-in hospitals, most of them, like cottage hospitals , have been absorbed into larger general hospitals , where they operate as the maternity department.
16-673: The Edinburgh Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Pavilion was a maternity hospital in Lauriston , Edinburgh , Scotland. Its services have now been incorporated into the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France . Midwifery in Edinburgh, as a part of the medical curriculum, began in 1756 with Thomas Young, professor of midwifery. Early provisions for midwifery consisted of four maternity beds at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary in 1756. Young's predecessor, Alexander Hamilton,
32-542: A modern red brick building with a mansard roof, designed by E. Turner Powell. The hospital was evacuated to Diocesan House, St Albans during the Second World War, but returned to Lambeth and joined the National Health Service under the management of St Thomas' Hospital in 1946. The hospital closed in 1971 and fell into a state of dereliction. It was restored and refurbished in 2003 at
48-482: A purpose-built maternity hospital was opened in Edinburgh, to provide a facility where the poor could access medical supervision for childbirth. It was named the Edinburgh Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital. The Married Women's Pavilion, which was located in the west wing under the original plans by architects MacGibbon and Ross, had to be postponed in 1879 due to insufficient funds. It
64-526: A training school for midwives was established in 1879. Joseph Lister became consulting surgeon in March 1879 and Sir John Williams and Sir Francis Champneys were appointed physicians the following year. Two houses on the north side of the hospital, known as the Albany Baths, were converted into a nurses' home (i.e. staff accommodation) in 1907; this facility was re-built between 1930 and 1933 as
80-484: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . General Lying-In Hospital The General Lying-In Hospital was one of the first maternity hospitals in Great Britain. It opened in 1767 on Westminster Bridge Road , London and closed in 1971. Lying-in is an archaic term for childbirth (referring to the month-long bed rest prescribed for postpartum confinement ). The General Lying-In Hospital
96-897: The Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital . A better documented foundation is that of the Dublin Lying-In Hospital , established in 1745 by Bartholomew Mosse , and which served as a model for three subsequent London foundations: the British Lying-In Hospital , a 1749 establishment in Holborn ; the 1750 City of London Lying-In Hospital , in the City ; and the General Lying-In Hospital on Westminster Bridge Road , established in 1767. A number of other such hospitals were formed in
112-708: The United Kingdom can be traced back to a number of 18th century establishments in London and Dublin . Prior to these foundations, childbirth was a domestic occasion. The term coined for these establishments, but now archaic , is "a lying-in hospital", referring to the custom of lying-in , prolonged bedrest after childbirth, better known now as postpartum confinement . The first noted lying-in hospital appears to be one founded by Sir Richard Manningham in Jermyn Street , London, in 1739 and which evolved into
128-487: The development of specialized centers like Embrio IVF Centre . Based in Pune, India, it offers a range of fertility treatments, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), to support individuals and couples in their journey to parenthood. The center provides comprehensive care with a focus on advanced reproductive technologies, aiming to improve outcomes for patients facing infertility challenges This hospital-related article
144-601: The early 1820s. The new building was designed by Henry Harrison and was built at a cost of about £3,000. On 22 September 1828, the minutes record that "On Friday Morning a Patient was delivered of a Son in the New Hospital and the Committee met this day in the new Hospital for the first time." The facility was incorporated by royal charter as the General Lying-In Hospital in 1830. A new ward and
160-429: The facility amalgamated with the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh . The new Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, which was designed by Thomas W. Turnbull in the classical style, opened in 1939. The initial provisions of the hospital consisted of two lying–in wards, a labour ward, a dispensary, kitchens and administrative quarters, as well as quarters for the matron, two house surgeons and seven or eight nurses. The facility
176-495: The mid-18th century. All of these were run by male physicians, women being blocked from completing training as doctors until the 1870s. The first maternity hospital founded and run by a woman was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 's New Hospital for Women , which evolved from an existing dispensary in the 1770s, and was renamed in 1918 the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital. Its work continues in
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#1732780907809192-691: The modern Elizabeth Garrett Anderson maternity wing of University College Hospital , part of UCLH NHS Foundation Trust. The Portland Hospital in central London was created in 1983 as a private hospital , i.e. not part of the National Health Service . Also in 1983, the Rosie Hospital opened in Cambridge, next to Addenbrooke's Hospital . The National Maternity Hospital, Dublin is the largest mother-and-baby hospital in Ireland. In recent years, advancements in reproductive health have included
208-631: Was an initiative of Dr John Leake, a physician, and the site chosen was on the north side of Westminster Bridge Road , Lambeth , then on the outskirts of London. Its foundation stone was laid in August 1765 and the facility opened as the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital in April 1767. With a view to expansion, the governors bought a lease of a plot of ground with 100-foot frontage on the east side of York Road, Lambeth in
224-719: Was directly managed by the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, within a grouping of hospitals that would become the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh National Health Service Trust in 1994. After services transferred to the Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 's new site in Little France , the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion closed in March 2002. Maternity hospital Maternity hospitals in
240-479: Was eventually opened by Lady Candida Louise Hay, 10th Marchioness of Tweeddale in 1895. By 1910, the capacity of the facility was under strain, and following the First World War , the hospital expanded into several flats in nearby Lauriston Park and Graham Street to cope with increased demand. Britain's first ante-natal clinic began at this site in 1915, to be followed, in 1926, by a post-natal clinic when
256-676: Was responsible for establishing the independent Edinburgh General Lying-in Hospital which afforded students the opportunity for practical experience. (" Lying-in " is an archaic term for childbirth, referring to the long bedrest prescribed for new mothers in their postpartum confinement .) It was based at Park Place and opened in either 1791 or 1793. It became known as the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital in 1846. In 1879, using funds collected to commemorate Sir James Young Simpson 's contribution to obstetrics ,
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