Maternity services within the North West Wales NHS Trust

Ysbyty Gwynedd

Ysbyty Gwynedd is the District General Hospital where the majority of births take place. Midwives, nurses and medical staff are trained at the hospital and qualified staff caring for you may have students working with them. The delivery suite has 8 rooms. Antenatal and postnatal care is provided on Llifon ward which has 30 beds. There is also a Special Care Baby unit that has facilities to care for 12 babies.

Community hospitals

Please discuss the options with your community midwife.

Home births

Local community midwives throughout North West Wales provide this service. If you are considering having a home birth, please discuss this with your own midwife.