New Cork University Maternity Hospital

Number of deliveries per year

8500 per year

Antenatal ward, number of beds and staffing compliment a 150 beds & 50 neonatal cots, 376 midwives, nurses, student midwives, healthcare assistants & nursery nurses

Number of Midwives patient ratio

Birth Rate Plus Postnatal ward

Number of beds

2 floors 28 beds, 2 floors 31 beds

Working hours

39 hours per week, flexible working time.

Shift times

day shift, night shift, 12hour duties

Education opportunities

• Peri-operative midwives, research midwives, paediatric higher diploma, neonatal higher diploma.

• Outline Continuing professional development.

• Ongoing education training staff development, practice development, centre of midwifery education.

Developments in process:

Community midwifery