Antenatal screening
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Contact us
Your midwife or consultant will refer you to us. If required, our contact is:
phone 01463 705773
Where are we?
We are just down the corridor from the scan department within the maternity unit at Raigmore hospital.
Who are we?
We are a team of 3 midwives with specialist knowledge in antenatal screening and fetal medicine.
We are based in the maternity unit at Raigmore Hospital and work closely with the scanning department and obstetricians.
What do we do?
We review all the 1st and 2nd trimester screening results, both low chance and high chance. All low chance results are sent to BadgerNet for women to view their results directly.
If a result is high chance, women will be contacted directly by us by telephone for further discussion. Any further referrals and screening or diagnostic options will be explored, and further support given to enable informed choices.
We also work closely alongside the scan department, offering support and counselling to families should a fetal anomaly be identified at the time of scan. We attend the fetal medicine scan sessions, seeing women and their families with a consultant, coordinating any further follow up or assessment that may be required outside the NHS Highland area, liaising with other health boards.
We are a point of contact and support for families who require additional scans and management after a fetal anomaly has been identified.
Lastly, we provide bereavement follow up with our consultant team following the loss of a pregnancy affected by a fetal anomaly.
You're pregnant! Scans and tests
Public Health Scotland has produced a leaflet explaining pregnancy screening in Scotland, why it's offered, and what happens next if a test finds that your baby might have a health condition or chromosomal condition.
The information is available in large print, Easy Read and languages other than English.
Your pregnancy, your choice
Public Health Scotland has produced a leaflet explaining what you need to know after getting a higher-chance screening result for Down's syndrome, or Edwards' syndrome or Patau's syndrome.
The information is available in Easy Read and languages other than English.
Important: Pregnancy screening
Screening tests are offered to all pregnant women. They assess the chance of you or your baby having a health or chromosomal condition. Most screening tests will show that your baby is healthy. If the screening tests suggest you or your baby might have a health condition, you’ll be offered a diagnostic test to get a definite answer.
More about pregnancy screening at NHS informMore resources
Antenatal Results and Choices is the national website for accessing support for antenatal results and choices that all Health Boards endorse.