{"id":563,"date":"2026-07-29T14:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81150\/?page_id=563"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:08:15","slug":"maternity-advice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81150\/maternity-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternity Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Self-Referral to Maternity Services<\/h3>\n<p>Mums -to-be no longer need to visit a GP &#8211; they can just refer themselves online.<\/p>\n<p>Mums-to-be that have a positive pregnancy test and wish to have their baby under the care of Basildon Hospital Maternity Services can contact the maternity team directly by completing the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/connect.btuh.nhs.uk\/maternitydirect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-id=\"167327\" data-use-default-display=\"false\" data-use-default-title=\"false\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-original-title=\"antenatal self-referral form\">antenatal self-referral form<\/a>,\u00a0without the need to see a GP first.<\/p>\n<p>A qualified midwife will contact them by telephone within seven days following receipt to discuss the next step.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone experiencing problems with the submission of their referral form, should email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:maternity@btuh.nhs.uk\">maternity@btuh.nhs.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Maternity Direct App<\/h3>\n<p>Basildon Hospital has launched Maternity Direct, a free, secure, web-based app that connects mums-to-be with an NHS midwife.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/basildonandbrentwoodccg.nhs.uk\/your-health\/children-and-young-people\/pregnancy-and-children-0-5-years\/pregnancy-advice-maternity-direct\/maternity-direct-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-id=\"148983\" data-use-default-display=\"false\" data-use-default-title=\"false\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-bs-original-title=\"basildonandbrentwoodccg.nhs.uk\">basildonandbrentwoodccg.nhs.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Baby Buddy App<\/h3>\n<p>Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download from: <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=uk.org.bestbeginnings.babybuddy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">play.google.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download from: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/baby-buddy\/id903080388?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">itunes.apple.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-Referral to Maternity Services Mums -to-be no longer need to visit a GP &#8211; they can just refer themselves online. Mums-to-be that have a positive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f81150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}