Manchester clinics
In 2009, we opened the UK’s first placenta clinic run by Prof Alex Heazell, which works with pregnant women whose babies have growth restriction. After 9 years and over 10,000 appointments, the Manchester Placenta Clinic has fulfilled its goal of becoming a hub for research into fetal growth restriction both in St Mary’s Hospital and the North West region.
The Tommy’s Rainbow Clinic, established in 2013 at St Mary’s Hospital, provides specialist care and support for parents who have suffered a stillbirth or neonatal death. Run by Prof Alex Heazell, the clinic has been so successful that we have now opened a second Rainbow Clinic at Wythenshawe Hospital in South Manchester. This has enabled us to increase the number of families who can access the Rainbow Clinic by 30%.
The Manchester VELOCITY Clinic provides multidisciplinary care for women who have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. The clinic is led by Prof Jenny Myers alongside a team of specialist midwives, diabetes specialist nurses and a diabetologist. The clinic provides additional monitoring and support for the management of diabetes (including glucose sensors) and extra ultrasound scans throughout the pregnancy.
Run by Prof Jenny Myers at St Mary’s hospital in Manchester, this clinic gives extra monitoring and pregnancy care to women with a history of high blood pressure, and those at risk of related complications. MAViS is currently home to exciting research funded by the National Institute for Health Research. Tommy’s supports the clinic through access to our research midwives.
