changing hospitals a month before due date?

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i can see old threads for this but wanted to do a new one as i dont know if procedures have changed.

I am moving home exactly a month before i am due, so i need to transfer hospitals, how do i do this? should i let me midwife know or should i just self-refer to the new hospital ?
has anyone else done this recently?

thank you :)

No experience as I haven't done it, though I did look into it. As far as I'm aware you need to contact the antenatal team at the hospital you are transferring to and let them know. They should then tell you what you need to do with regards to moving over to them and transferring your information.

Is it a different trust?

Self refer to the new hospital ASAP. Telephone their antenatal clinic as they will have an Out of Area team who should be able to see you before you register with a GP to avoid any delay.

I did this, but was moving from the Irish system to the NHS at 38 weeks.

Very straightforward- I made an appointment with the GP, who contacted the midwives at the MLU while I was there to have them arrange to see me the next afternoon.

Had a booking appointment the next day and that was that!

@GreenMeerkat no same trust but different area, will be going from London NHS to a non london NHS area so assuming it wont be as simple as going to the next hospital in town. thank you ill contact the team :)

thanks guys appreciate the suggestions :)

I'm doing this too. 33 weeks and going from London to the South-West. I am booked in for a c-section at the London hospital and am under 3 different clinics there for various reasons such a G. Diabetes.
I tried to self refer but was told I can only be referred via a midwife.
They basically didn't want to know until I had actually moved as you can't be under two places at once but at the same time you obviously don't want there to be gap in you care.

At my last appointment with the London hospital I made sure all my notes were printed off.

I was told your hand held notes may not be a complete record so get the midwife to check that any thing like bloods for example are all printed and included. The hospital you are moving to may not be on the same system as the one you are leaving.

We had to go to the hospital records office ourselves and apply through a written form for my notes from my previous birth to be transferred down. We were told it can take 28 days for this to be completed, in some places there may be a charge.

If I think of anything else I will post further.

I'm a bit nervous as I was also told that my c-section will have to re-approved by the different consultants at the new hospital and in the worlds of my current lovely consultant "If you get a stuffy, arrogant arsehole who is obsessed with his c-section numbers and making women push babies out of their fannies you may have a fight on your hands!"

I REALLY loved that consultant - she was aces!

I had my second at a hosp over 100 miles away from my home address for a number of reasons.

Care between consultants agreed from 'X' weeks to transfer over and from that date I switched to the other hospital.

Let your current team know of your intentions- date you mo e and where you'd like to to transfer to and ask how take it forward.

I plan for the exact same this time round for a number of reasons and my midwife has been extremely supportive.

Ohh yes and as @mooglycrunch says make sure you get printed copies of bloods etc and put them in your notes.

I cheated as have a family member who 'booked me in' at the different trust and sought a consultant but there has to be a system in place for people not in the loop so to speak.

Just be honest with your current care providers and be prepared to contact your intended care providers and they will advise.