In addition the Jessop Wing Community Midwifery Service attend approximately 200 homebirths per year. One of the postnatal wards specialises in caring for women who have had a caesarean section. In addition to a 22 bed labour ward, there are three postnatal wards and one antenatal ward, an admission Triage area and a High Dependency Unit. The Jessop Wing opened in 2001 and is a purpose built maternity unit where approximately 7 ,000 babies are born every year.
