Our Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) works to ensure that every baby has the best possible start to life.

Our two local maternity providers, along with supporting NHS Trusts and voluntary organisations, are united as part of the Birmingham and Solihull United Maternity and Newborn Partnership (Bump) to provide high-quality services and care.

Our LMNS has a vision of ensuring that every woman is empowered to access consistent, world-class care which is right for them, their baby and their family.

Across Birmingham and Solihull, around 16,000 babies are born every year. Our population is incredibly diverse and there are many factors which impact on the support which mums and babies require on their pregnancy journey.

Whether this is your first pregnancy, or you’ve been on a maternity journey before, the first step is to refer your pregnancy so that you can access the right care from day one.

If you live in the Birmingham and Solihull area and you plan to give birth here, you can register your pregnancy yourself through our self-referral portal. Watch our animation before completing your referral.

Our self-referral portal does not cover West Birmingham patients in the following areas - Oscott, Perry Barr, Kingstanding, Handsworth Wood, Hollyhead, Handsworth, Birchfield, Lozells, Soho and Jewellery Quarter, Aston, Nechells, Ladywood, Newtown, and North Edgbaston.

To register for these areas, visit the BadgerNotes self-referral website, which covers Sandwell and West Birmingham.

When completing a self-referral, please choose the correct GP.  Your pregnancy care will be provided by a team of midwives based on which GP surgery you are registered with. Your GP maybe listed on another portal, where you can complete a referral for Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Coventry and Warwickshire areas by clicking the 'Change Location' button at the bottom of the page.

It is important that the correct NHS number is entered to avoid delays in accessing care. If you are unsure of your NHS number, you can find it via the NHS website.

The self-referral portal allows you, or the woman you are referring on behalf of, select one of the following hospitals where you can birth your baby/ babies:

For more information about each of the above hospitals, please click the links above, where you can find important information about maternity care. 

If you would like to refer yourself to any other hospital then please contact your GP. Once you have informed us of your pregnancy, your details will automatically be sent to your, chosen birthing hospital, the registered GP and Community Midwife assigned to your GP practice who will then contact you to start your antenatal care.

If, for any reason, you are worried about your pregnancy in the meantime, please contact your GP immediately.

Birmingham and Solihull Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) works to provide every baby with the best possible start to life, ensuring that women and birthing people receive optimum care through the antenatal, birthing and postnatal periods of their pregnancy.

Our three-year strategy, which is aligned to national plans, outlines how we will provide the very best outcomes and experience for the more than 18,000 babies who are born in our region every year. The population we serve is very diverse and we will ensure we tackle health inequalities, hear all voices and co-produce care.

To read the full strategy, click here. 

To read the 'Plan on a Page' summary version of the strategy, click here. 

Birmingham and Solihull Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) works to ensure that every baby has the best possible start to life.

This Equity and Equality Plan sets out how our system will support every woman in our area to receive the best possible care, regardless of their background, supported by a workforce which understands and is representative of the communities we serve.

Detailed in this document are the vision, values and aims of the plan, as well as the actions which are being taken to support safe and personalised care.

To read the summary document, click here.

To read the full plan, click here. 

The Birmingham and Solihull Infant Feeding Strategy 2026–2031 sets out a five-year plan to give every baby the best possible start in life and improve support for families throughout their infant feeding journey, from birth to age two.

Developed with parents, families, communities, health and care professionals and local partners, the strategy sets out a shared approach to improving infant feeding support across Birmingham and Solihull. It recognises the important role that breastfeeding and responsive infant feeding can play in improving health and wellbeing, reducing inequalities and supporting healthy growth and development.

The strategy is closely aligned with the priorities of the Birmingham and Solihull Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS), including improving equity of access, reducing healthcare inequalities and recognising the contribution of infant feeding to reducing infant mortality.

Read the Birmingham and Solihull Infant Feeding Strategy 2026–2031.

Learn more about different parts of our Local Maternity and Neonatal System