New maternity theatre opens at Leicester General Hospital | UHL NHS Trust

A new £3.4m maternity theatre has opened at Leicester General Hospital.

The facility, housed in a modular building at the hospital’s Maternity Unit, will significantly improve patient experience, providing a climate-controlled, light and bright environment for births to take place.

The investment is part of an improvement plan for our maternity services, which also includes a new day case assessment unit at Leicester General, additional safety measures to protect babies in our care and investment in technology to improve care during induction.

Fran Hills, Consultant Obstetrician and joint Head of Service, said: “I’m excited about this new theatre, which will make a huge difference for patients and their families, while also providing our multi-disciplinary team with a spacious, pleasant environment to work in.

“As well as improving the experience, this will reduce waiting times by allowing us to run a separate elective surgery list for patients who are having planned caesarean births.”