Hervey Bay Hospital

Hervey Bay Hospital

Hervey Bay Hospital is located at Cnr Nissen Street &, Urraween Rd, Pialba QLD 4655. Your care is provided by midwives, doctors, and obstetricians at the hospital, who are specially trained to look after you. They are accredited as a Baby Friendly Health Initiative hospital and are known to be a family-friendly hospital, too.

The hospital’s model of maternity care includes combined and shared care. Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) caseload care is also available where there will be a primary midwife assigned to you throughout your pregnancy, birth, and postnatal period.

Hospital Address

Cnr Nissen Street &, Urraween Rd, Pialba QLD 4655

07 4120 6666

Website Hervey Bay Hospital’s services

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Hervey Bay Hospital Map

Hervey Bay Hospital Services

Midwifery Antenatal Clinic

PBB is unsure if Hervey Bay Hospital has a midwifery-run antenatal clinic.

Preparation for Birth Classes

Hervey Bay Hospital offers preparation for birth classes.

Caseload Midwifery Practice

A caseload midwifery program is where one or two midwives care for you through pregnancy, birth and beyond. Hervey Bay Hospital offers this option.

Publicly funded homebirth program

Hervey Bay Hospital does not offer a free homebirth program for low risk women.

Parenting Classes

Hervey Bay Hospital does not offer parenting classes.

Breastfeeding Classes

Hervey Bay Hospital does not offer breastfeeding classes.

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Does Hervey Bay Hospital have visiting private midwives?

NO

Does Hervey Bay Hospital have visiting GP Obstetricians?

UNKNOWN

Does the Hervey Bay Hospital have visiting Obstetricians?

UNKNOWN

Hospital Facilities

Antenatal Beds

?

Birthing Rooms

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Postnatal Beds

?

Special Care Nursery Beds

?

Neonatal Intensive Care Beds

?

Are there birth pools available for labour and birth?

Is warm water immersion available during labour? NO

Is waterbirth an available option? NO

Can I use an inflatable birth pool? NO

Birth centres are designed to be a home away from home. A birth centre is a separate unit located away from the standard birth unit. Birth centres encompass a philosophy that pregnancy and birth are normal, natural events in the life of a woman and her family.

NO a birth centre is not available at this hospital.

Does Hervey Bay Hospital have a birth centre?

Birth Suite Tour Video

Coming soon

What support is available if I have difficulties breastfeeding my baby?

Breastfeeding/lactation clinic? UNKNOWN

Lactation consultants on the postnatal ward? UNKNOWN

Accredited as a baby friendly hospital? YES

Baby-friendly accredited?

Hervey Bay Hospital is accredited under the global Baby Friendly Health Initiative program. The hospital supports breastfeeding, and lactation specialist midwives are on-hand to ensure babies are feeding well before going home.

Hervey Bay Hospital  Statistics

Coming soon

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Date page published 5th June 2022

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