NHS Borders Maternity Services

28/05/2026

📣 Community Midwifery Team Update – Central Area

To help us continue providing local maternity care across the Borders, our Central Area Community Midwives are now working across two dedicated teams.

🩺 Galashiels Health Centre Team

Midwives:
• Annie Heron
• Debs Marshall
• Kiki Pattison-Moore

This team will care for patients registered with:
✔️ Waverley Practice
✔️ Braeside Practice
✔️ Mairches Practice
✔️ Eildon Surgery

📞 For new pregnancy bookings or any community midwifery enquiries, please contact:
01896 661369

🩺 Roxburgh Street Surgery Team

Midwives:
• Lynsay Howden
• Emma Siddle

This team will care for patients registered with:
✔️ Stow & Lauder Practice
✔️ Earlston Practice
✔️ Selkirk Practice
✔️ Roxburgh Street Surgery

📞 For new pregnancy bookings or any community midwifery enquiries, please contact:
01896 661287

⭐ Please note: If you have already booked your pregnancy and have a named midwife then please continue to attend your routine appointments at your normal health centre unless told otherwise.

Many thanks!

NHS Borders community Midwifery.

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05/05/2026

To celebrate International Day of the Midwife 2026 some the our awesome midwives have been able to get together to celebrate 🎉👩‍⚕️They have put their crafting skills to the test with willow weaving, mug painting and a bake-off competition 🖌🎨🍰🎂

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

Happy International Day of the Midwife 2026👩‍⚕️👩‍🍼

05/04/2026

The Easter Bunny visited our unit today, the staff were very grateful for the donation of Easter eggs. Happy Easter 🐣

17/03/2026

Audrey is retiring!!!
After almost 40 years working for the NHS Audrey is saying a fond farewell!
Enjoy every moment of your retirement, we will miss you! 💐

24/12/2025

Our very own elf on shelf has been causing mischief 😂😁
From all our team in Borders Maternity Unit we would like to wish everyone a lovely Christmas 🎄 🎅🤶🧑‍🎄

08/12/2025

Welcome to our November babies 🤰🏻🤱🏻👶🏼

24/11/2025

Today we are celebrating Maternity Support Worker Day.
We would like to thank all our Maternity Support Workers for all they do - they are all amazing!!
Today is all about celebrating the wonderful work they do every day 💫⭐️🍰🧁💐
THANK YOU!!

08/08/2025

Scotland’s new vaccination is protecting babies from serious RSV infections.

We’ve published exciting new results showing the tremendous impact of the maternal RSV vaccine.

💙 Babies under 3 months, whose mums were vaccinated during pregnancy, were around 80% less likely to be admitted to hospital with RSV compared to those whose mums hadn’t been vaccinated.

💙 Since the RSV vaccination programme launched in August 2024, around half of eligible pregnant women have already taken it up.

💙 RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is very common and usually mild — but for very young infants it can cause serious illness, bronchiolitis, or pneumonia.

💙 The new vaccine, offered from 28 weeks of pregnancy, helps mothers pass protective antibodies to their baby before birth. This shields newborns during their most vulnerable first 6 months of life.

👉 If you’re pregnant, speak to your midwife about the RSV vaccine and how it can help protect your baby.

Find out more on our website 🔽
https://publichealthscotland.scot/news/2025/august/new-rsv-vaccine-results-in-encouraging-reduction-in-hospitalisations-for-newborns/