SRF

To ensure our hospital records are correct as well as ensuring the correct antenatal and postnatal screening programmes are offered, please confirm the below.

You are four times more likely to quit smoking if you have support from The Stop Smoking Service. They have specialist pregnancy advisers who can offer individual support and FREE Nicotine Replacement Therapy.

We ask you for information about the biological father of your baby because it may be important to the health and wellbeing of you and your baby. We know your baby’s biological father may not be your partner, which is why we ask for this information separately. Please tell us if you don’t have this information, as we understand that there are occasionally circumstances where this may not be available to you.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust have now launched a digital maternity personal health record (PHR) that allows you real time access to your maternity records through your smartphone, PC or tablet device instead of issuing paper maternity notes. The service is opt-in and can be enabled at any time. The information that appears is generated in real time from our hospital maternity system, using details entered by all healthcare professionals involved in your care.

Information available

You will be able to see a summary of your pregnancy details including

• Booking summary
• Antenatal appointments with the midwife or doctor
• Antenatal admissions summary for each attendance
• Labour and birth summary
• Postnatal care and appointments
• Summary of baby’s care

You will not be able to see any sensitive information via the PHR including domestic violence disclosures/social concerns, HIV status or confidential previous pregnancies.

Check your email

If you consent to use the PHR please check your email regularly, as this is how we will send you details of your first appointment with a midwife and provide access to your pregnancy booking documentation. You may need to check your junk email folder.  The email we send you will also include links of how to login to the PHR. We encourage you to enter as much of your personal information into the PHR as required prior your booking appointment.

Data Security

All your information is held securely and Medway’s PHR uses the same secure platform used by the healthcare professionals involved directly in your care. Access is authorised after we receive your online referral and validation of your email address. These allow us to set up secure verification, which is important because it ensures your personal maternity records can only be accessed by you. Your email address will only be used by the hospital to contact you regarding your pregnancy; it will not be shared with any other external organisations.