Maternal Mental Health
Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Service (PPIMHS)
Specialist psychiatric and psychological service
Criteria: The Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Service offers treatment and specialist advice for clients who experience current or have had previous moderate to severe mental health difficulties
Perinatal parent infant mental health service- For clinicians-WF | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Referral Information:
Referrals will be accepted from any professional – most of our referrals come from social workers, GPs, health visitors, midwives, other mental health services, obstetricians, other perinatal services. Self-referrals will also be accepted. The service accepts antenatal referrals directly
Email referral on perinatal.service@nelft.nhs.uk
Please note:
We only typed referrals will be accepted. All handwritten referrals will be rejected as handwriting can be misread, leading to incorrect clinical decisions.
Contact details:
If you need advice, guidance, or have a query regarding a patient or referral, you can speak to a duty clinician weekday afternoon between 12:30 and 16:15 by calling 0300 555 1119 where an administrator will take some basic details, and then connect you to a duty clinician.
For Patients:
Barley Court
Goodmayes Hospital
Barley Lane
Goodmayes
IG3 8XJTel: 0300 555 1119
Email: Perinatal.Service@nelft.nhs.uk
Opening times: 9am – 5pm, Mon- Fri
Perinatal parent infant mental health service-WF | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Parent and Baby Emotional Wellbeing Service (PBEW)
Support for mental wellbeing of parents and to foster healthy parent-infant relationships.
Criteria: Families with child/ren under 2 year old
Waltham Forest Family Hubs Integrated Perinatal Mental Health Pathway
Referral Information:
Practitioners/professionals referral
Professionals referring a client should ensure informed consent has been obtained.
Submit the referral form online or via thgpcg.walthamforestPBEW@nhs.net email. Notification confirming receipt of the referral should be received via email from the PBEW team within 2 working days.
Contact the PBEW service:
If you would like to speak to someone about the referral or require additional information
please call 0203 787 4334
or email thgpcg.walthamforestPBEW@nhs.net
Waltham Forest Parent & Baby Emotional Wellbeing (PBEW) Service | GP Care Group
TULIP/Maternal Mental Health Service
Trauma and understanding loss and infertility in perinatal period
About the service :Tulip provides patient centred care and offers a range of services that support the varying needs of the women and birthing people referred to us.
Referral Information:
To make a referral, contact: mmht@nelft.nhs.uk
Contact details:
Tel: 0300 300 1586
Team Email: mmht@nelft.nhs.uk
Principal Psychologist and Service Lead: Gemma Lutwyche
Email: gemma.lutwyche@nelft.nhs.uk
TULIP-Maternal Mental Health Service
Trauma and understanding loss and infertility in perinatal period
Maternity Referrals
Barts Health Maternity website
Self referrals and Maternity helpline
We offer maternity care at Newham, The Royal London and Whipps Cross hospitals and the Barkentine and Barking birth centres.
Referral Information:
A member of the team will be in touch within 5 working days after the referral is sent
If you need any help filling in this form, please call on:
The Royal London Hospital: 020 7480 4885
Newham Hospital: 020 7363 9434
Whipps Cross Hospital: 020 7767 3348
Contact details:
Barkentine birth centre: 020 7791 8000
Barking birth centre: 020 8252 8281
Newham Hospital
Maternity helpline: 020 8090 9999
The Royal London Hospital
Queries about labour and baby wellbeing: 020 3594 2364/2381
Antenatal clinic appointments: 020 7480 4885
Ultrasound scan appointments: 020 3594 2511
Whipps Cross Hospital
020 8539 5522, ext 5055
Whipps Cross Emergency Gynaecology Unit (EGU)
Criteria :Provides emergency care for women in early pregnancy (up to 17 weeks) and emergency care for acute gynaecological problems. For pain or bleeding , suspected ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy outside of the womb), severe pelvic pain and you are not pregnant
Referral Information:
The appointments are allocated from A&E, GPs or other healthcare providers. You will be given an appointment either on the day or within a few days.
You can self-refer if you’ve had:
- two previous miscarriages
- a previous ectopic pregnancy
- a previous molar pregnancy
Contact no:
0208535-6499/6575/4780
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 7:00pm
Weekends and bank holidays: 9:00am to 12:00pmIf you are pregnant and are having pain or heavy bleeding outside of these hours, please go to A&E
Having your baby at Whipps Cross Hospital – Barts Health NHS Trust
Whipps Cross Maternity Helpline
Contact details:
Dedicated helpline (including maternity appointments and scans): 020 7767 3348 24 hours, 7 days a week
Whipps Cross Maternity – Having your baby at Whipps Cross Hospital
Referral Information:
Antenatal Self-Referral Form
Please send completed form to bhnt.wxantenatalreferrals@nhs.net
Antenatal Self-Referral Form – Whipps Cross Hospital
Contact details:
If you need any help filling in this form, please call us on:
Whipps Cross Hospital: 020 7767 3348
Having your baby at Whipps Cross Hospital – Barts Health NHS Trust
Whipps Cross Hospital-Home Birth
Referral Information:
If you wish to birth at home, your midwife or obstetrician can refer you at any point during your pregnancy or you can self-refer by emailing the team.
Contact details:
Please do not hesitate to contact the Homebirth Team:
Email – bartshealth.wxhomebirth@nhs.net
Instagram – whippscrosshomebirth
Homerton Hospital Early Pregnancy Unit – Integrated referral form and email
The Early Pregnancy Service is a specialist unit that manages early pregnancy problems such as vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain. We see women in the first 18 weeks of pregnancy only.
Referral Information:
Referrals can be made by GPs, ED (fast track) or other health professionals by emailing the Referral Form to huh-tr.epau.referrals@nhs.net
We are open from 9.00-17.00, Monday to Friday
Early Pregnancy Service | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Fertility Referrals
NEL Fertility Policy
The policy is for both individuals and couples with a fertility problem, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or relationship status, and applies to people who are registered with a GP in Barking and Dagenham, City of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets or Waltham Forest.
Fertility policy – NHS North East London
North East London Integrated Care Board Fertility Policy – April 2023
Fertility Referrals – Barts Health
Offers initial consultations at three hospitals
-St Bartholomew’s Hospital
-Newham Hospital
-Whipps Cross Hospital
St Bartholomew’s Hospital accepts referrals from GPs, Newham Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital for couples and individuals seeking further investigations or treatment for infertility. If you are a patient at Newham or Whipps Cross Hospital, and you require further fertility treatment, you will be referred to St Bartholomew’s Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
Referral Information: Patients can be referred via the electronic referrals system (ERS) and tertiary care providers
Contact details:
Urgent advice out of hours
Phone us on 020 7377 7000 in the event of an emergency and ask for the on-call fertility consultant.
General enquiries Phone us: 020 7767 3302, Monday-Friday, 10am to 3pm
Homerton Fertility Centre
Fertility service is based at Homerton University Hospital. Centre Offers personalised care and fertility treatments to families and individuals.
Referral criteria:
BMI: must be within 19–30 for the biological mother at the time of referral and the start of each treatment. This will be assessed at each visit
Smoking status: the biological mother and partner must be non-smokers at the time of referral and the start of each treatment and throughout the treatment process.
Referral Information:
Find referral information below :
Fertility GP referral-Homerton Fertility Centre
Contact details:
For general enquiries:
email huh-tr.fertility.unit@nhs.net
Phone 020 8510 7660
Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
For nursing enquiries:
email huh-tr.fertilitynurses@nhs.net
phone 020 8510 7236
(Open Monday – Friday, 8am – 4pm; closed on Bank Holidays)
Fertility Centre, | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Semen Analysis
Homerton Semen Analysis
Diagnostic Semen Analysis is performed only after Fertility receives a referral (from GP or other fertility clinic) and a confirmed appointment is provided from the Homerton Fertility Laboratory. Samples brought in without an appointment will not be accepted or analysed.
Referral Information:
GP Referral Form Infertility including Referral for Semen Analysis
For NHS or self-funding referrals to the Homerton Fertility Centre, we need a GP referral from a UK based GP or a referral letter from your local hospital where you have had your initial investigations.
Homerton Andrology – Male Fertility Services | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Fertility Centre, | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Barts Semen Analysis
Instructions for Booking a Semen Analysis
Referral Information:
Referral to St Bartholomew’s Centre for Reproductive Medicine using the Electronic Referral System (eRS).
Termination of Pregnancy
All patients to be signposted:
Abortion Clinic | BPAS London East | BPAS
MSI Choices Essex Abortion Clinic – MSI Reproductive Choices UK
Contact details: