1. Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology In response to increasing demand on maternity capacity and one of the highest birth rates in the UK at over 5500/year, the Trust has developed an integrated Womens & Family Health Unit on site, which provides modern and effective facilities for Maternity, Neonatal Care, Fetal Medicine, Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit, Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit, Specialized and General Gynaecology and Adolescents. The service reconfiguration enables more streamlined pathways of care to be implemented, as well as provides more attractive facilities for patients and their families through the consumer engagement. Maternity wards include new Maternity Assessment Unit, Fetal Medicine Unit, antenatal ward, postnatal ward and central delivery suite. During the daytime the consultant provides dedicated Central Delivery Suite (labour ward) cover from 08.00 to 16.00 with the second consultant covering antenatal and postnatal wards and gynaecology ward including emergency gynaecology. There is consultant presence on site till 22.00 hours for all seven days of the week. The group of consultants work on a hot day basis, with all other regular commitments cancelled. 2. Facilities There are comprehensive diagnostics including MRI/CT and PACS with digital imaging. A new IT system has been installed which will provide an advanced Patient Administration System, electronic patient records and interfaces with pathology. Essential and advanced laboratory facilities are available both at Newham University hospital and Royal London Hospital. 3. Teaching and Training The Newham University Hospital undertakes a substantial volume of clinical teaching for medical students in fourth and fifth years from the Queen Mary University London Medical School. Students are taken in Anaesthetics, Medicine, Surgery, Paediatric, Infectious diseases, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopedic Surgery, ENT surgery, Mental health, in groups and independently. The high quality of training is acknowledged by the University in their annual reviews.