Pregnancy care and birth place choices

Families continuing care with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust will be able to choose from:

  • Home birth
  • Bracken Birthing Centre at Musgrove Park Hospital
  • Musgrove Park Hospital labour ward

Alternatively, women and pregnant people will be able to choose between Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, RUH Bath and Salisbury District Hospital.

If you wish to have your baby at another hospital, please use the referral forms below. If you are already under our care but would like to move your birth to a different hospital, please discuss this with your midwife and we will be able to support you with this.

Self-referral forms by location

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Self-referral for Somerset
Somerset emergency triage: 01823 343985

Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester

Self-referral for Dorset County Hospital
Dorset maternity advice line: 0300 369 0388

Royal United Hospital (RUH), Bath

Self-referral for Royal United Hospital
RUH triage:
01225 826454

Salisbury District Hospital

Self-referral for Salisbury District Hospital
Salisbury triage: 01722 425185
If you are over 20 weeks and wanting to transfer your care, please call the triage line.