The Shared Maternity Care Program is available to all women with low risk pregnancies. Shared Maternity Care is a model of care which allows women to have the majority of their antenatal visits take place in the community with a hospital affiliated general practitioner, obstetrician or midwife. The woman attends Sunshine Hospital for some antenatal visits, and attends the hospital for the birth and immediate postnatal care. 

GPs and community midwives seeking accreditation to the Sunshine Hospital Shared Maternity Care Program should contact the Shared Maternity Care Coordinator.


Western Health - Sunshine Hospital

Clinic Details: 	Womens Clinic - Monday morning 

Consultants: 	Dr Steven Ting

This is a consultative service for obstetric staff, as well as offering a limited number of appointments for face-to-face consultations and counselling of couples affected by hereditary haemoglobinopathies.

Consultants:
Dr Jan Naidoo
Dr Trach Pham
			
This clinic provides consultant care for women whose pregnancies are complicated by a range of obstetric problems including multiple pregnancy, suspected growth retardation, antepartum haemorrhage and malpresentations near term. (See also Friday High Risk Maternity Clinic)

Clinic Details:	Women's Clinic – Friday afternoon 

Consultants: 
Dr Lawrie McMahon
Dr Rosemary Masterton

For pregnant women with medical conditions requiring specialist follow up.
Please ensure the pathology results are available for a client's first visit to this clinic.

Consultants: 
Dr Jacqui Smith
Dr Jo Drentin
Dr Trach Pham
Dr Pregs Pillay

In association with the physicians, in the co-located Medical Obstetric Clinic and Obstetric Endocrine Clinic, this clinic provides multidisciplinary care for women whose pregnancies are complicated by pre-existing medical disorders or gestational diabetes. (See also Tuesday High Risk Maternity Clinic)

Hours:		Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm
		Saturday 8.30am - 1.30pm

The PDSU provides a service of assessment and monitoring of pregnant women with obstetric complications including performance of CTGs, serial blood pressure assessments, insulin stabilization and Prostin cervical ripening. 
Staff are available at the above times for phone consultation and the making of appointments. Shared Care GPs may use PDSU as a first point of contact with Sunshine Hospital if their patients develop antenatal complications. 
Please include a referral letter with your contact details to facilitate a report after the woman has been assessed.


Bookings will take place in the Women's Clinic or with a consultant in the Private Consulting Rooms.

Women seen in the Private Consulting Rooms require a referral and current Medicare card. These women will be bulk billed.

Bookings for pregnancy care can be done in the following ways:
•    By phone 8345 1738
•    By fax 8345 1691
•    In person
•    By referral letter from GP

Hours:
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm and alternate Saturdays excluding Public Holidays

This service provides individualised support and assessment for women experiencing difficulties breastfeeding their baby.  An answering machine is used to receive phone messages after hours and when lactation consultants are attending to breastfeeding women.

All medical services are bulk billed on presentation of your Medicare Card.




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Midwifery services are provided by the Red Team from Sunshine Hospital

Telephone:	8345 1720
Location:		Building B, Level 2, Maternity Services, Sunshine Hospital

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