Maternity Care Clinics

The Maternity Care Clinics are multidisciplinary clinics providing care to pregnant women with both low and high-risk pregnancies.

Clinics provide primary and tertiary care, and are comprised of obstetricians (including maternal fetal medicine), midwives, GPs, psychiatrists, social workers, dietitians, physiotherapists and haematologists.

Specialities

  • High and low-risk maternity care
  • General obstetrics
  • Maternal and fetal medicine
  • Mental health issues
  • Haematological and medical complex issues
  • Pregnant women with complex substance use and alcohol dependence

Clinical inclusion

  • Women with high-risk pregnancies requiring tertiary care from the north-west of Victoria
  • Women who are pregnant and fall within the Women’s local metropolitan area

Clinical exclusion

  • Women who are outside the Women’s local area.
Frequency

Pregnancy clinics operate six days a week. These clinics and days operate:

Clinic Days
Pregnancy care (provided by the maternity teams) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Tuesday evenings
Maternal Fetal Medicine clinics Tuesdays and Thursdays

Strathmore, Footscray and Fawkner satellite clinics. These clinics operate:

Satellite location Days
Strathmore Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Footscray Wednesdays  
Fawkner Fridays
Referrals

Please complete and fax the Fast Fax Referral form.

Appointments

On receipt of referral, every client and referring doctor receives an acknowledgement letter explaining details of what needs to be done while waiting for an appointment. In the case of any complications arising before appointment dates, the doctor can send more information that will be considered for the client to get an earlier appointment.

Clinical guidelines