prisci, its so hard to relax about our choices. word of warning re: a&e: when we went to whit a&e at 0830 saturday there was NOONE on reception. i was kneeling on the forecourt while my mum and dp tried to get a wheelchair. took 5 minutes to rouse some help. obviously busy sleeping off the hangover inflicted by the friday night drunks i actually live closer to whit than uch once trsffic taken into account, but will always chose uch over whit. they also have dedicated kids section & emergency paediatricians (dreams of george clooney) in UCH a&e for when baby comes.
however, seemed to dp there was no choice on sat, as camidoc emergency gp service operates only from whit. if god forbid there's a next time i've instructed we skip gp and pitch up at uch a&e. can't tell you how sick i was of staff on ward telling me i was a uch booking and scarpering off. well, excuse me, but YOUR PCT's emergency service, of which both UCH and Whit are part, forced me here. Don't tkae it out on me!
but my choice doesn't help much if you are already choosing say between north mid or the whit. frankly if i was younger and fitter it would edgware birth centre for me and no discussion! if i was richer, john and lizzie's or the portland.
MoM, welcome back to the lovely online world.
marchmum, had ds1 at tommy's, but he was readmitted day after discharge to uch NICU for 5 days. uch has it faults, but more strengths than most. like yesterday - wow. no waiting, very skilled and flexible sonographer, antenatal clinic let me walk-in to sort out a few bits and bobs. you also need to talk to my canadian mate M who had both hers there in the last 6 years. we'll have to try and arrange that sometime. or i can pass on her experience.
have also worked at all these hospitals in the past 10 years, and much more recently had very close ties to their microbiology and TB depts so have kept up with general morale issues/ funding/building/mgt priorities.