Rockhampton Hospital
Rockhampton Hospital is located at 2 Canning St, Rockhampton QLD 4700. It is the largest hospital in Central Queensland and the main referral hub for the region.
Their maternity services offer extensive options for parents. What’s included are their physiotherapy, antenatal classes and information sessions, home visiting services after your birth, and they give excellent lactation advice and support to parents needing it.
The hospital has General Practitioner obstetrician care and private midwifery care. They have Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) caseload care for women to be taken care of by a known midwife throughout pregnancy, labour, birth, and postnatal period. Rockhampton’s public hospital maternity care offers services to women with a high-risk pregnancies. Also, they have remote area midwifery care.
Hospital Address
2 Canning St, Rockhampton QLD 4700
07 4920 6211
Website Rockhampton Hospital’s services
Rockhampton Hospital Map
Rockhampton Hospital Services
Midwifery Antenatal Clinic
Rockhampton Hospital has a midwifery-run antenatal clinic.
Preparation for Birth Classes
Rockhampton 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. Rockhampton Hospital offers this option.
Publicly funded homebirth program
Rockhampton Hospital does not offer a free homebirth program for low risk women.
Parenting Classes
Rockhampton Hospital does not offer parenting classes.
Breastfeeding Classes
Rockhampton Hospital offers breastfeeding classes, included in their antenatal class.
Does Rockhampton Hospital have visiting private midwives?
YES
Does Rockhampton Hospital have visiting GP Obstetricians?
YES
Does Rockhampton Hospital have visiting Obstetricians?
NO
Hospital Facilities
Antenatal Beds
Birthing Rooms
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? UNKNOWN
Is waterbirth an available option? UNKNOWN
Can I use an inflatable birth pool? UNKNOWN
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 Rockhampton Hospital have a birth centre?
Maternity Unit Tour Video
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? NO
Baby-friendly accredited?
Rockhampton Hospital is not accredited under the global Baby Friendly Health Initiative program.
Rockhampton Hospital Statistics
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Date page published 14th June 2022
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