Colchester hospital birth experiences ??

Hi all, I originally planned to deliver at Broomfield hospital (Chelmsford) however I have decided to swap to Colchester hospital. I was just wondering if anyone has any positive or negatives experiences there ? I have never been to this hospital before (apart from when I was born 22 years ago)

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Hey! I had both positive and negative, they are very short staffed as is everywhere, every midwife I see was lovely and helpful. Doctors are a bit hit or miss as I stayed in for 6 days and got missed on their rounds a few times, but would recommend! Xx

Amazing experience! And I had a c section, the staff were all absolutely lovely

I had a brilliant experience at Colchester. The two main midwives I dealt with Katie and Sophie were both amazing. We had some issues in the first week and spent 1 awful night in Broomfield, I then asked for our follow ups to be back in Colchester. We were back and forward to the children's unit and all the staff there were so lovely as well. Like most hospitals they are under staffed and overworked but couldn't fault any of the staff we dealt with at Colchester x

The midwives were brilliant. Had to have an emergency c section in the end but I was well looked after and would definitely feel confident in being under Colchester again for maternity care in the future

Thank you for everyone’s honest experiences 🫶much appreciated x

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