LGBTQ+ support

Take a look at the links, resources and information below to support you with starting a family if you’re lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or non-binary.

How do you know you are safe with Leicester Hospital’s Maternity Services?

• We have training available for staff in LGBTQ+ healthcare needs
• We have staff guidelines to help support personalised care for our trans and non-binary community
• We are regularly reviewing our signs and posters to make them more inclusive
• We will be asking you what your pronouns are, and you may see staff members wearing badges that tell you theirs
• We are part of the Rainbow Badge scheme. This is a scheme that gives staff a way to show that Leicester Hospitals give open, non-judgemental and inclusive care for people and their families, who identify as LGBTQ+
• We have been awarded Gold in LGBTQ+ healthcare excellence by the LGBT Foundation for our efforts in improving care for the LGBTQ+ community

Useful resources

Emergency signposting

If you have any feedback about this page please contact:

Dalvir Kandola (dalvir.kandola@nhs.net), Consultant Midwife Lead for Inclusivity or Jennie Morris (jennie.morris5@nhs.net), Midwife co-ordinator and previous LGBTQ+ staff network chair

For further support or to provide feedback about Leicester Hospitals services, please use the following links:

• How to provide feedback about Leicester Hospital’s services
• Birth Reflections Service

Resources and support groups

LGBT Mummies has a document which can be printed out and filled in to provide staff caring for you with information about you, your family and your preferences. Click here to download the document.

• LGBT Mummies- Our Support groups
• Leicestershire LGBTQ+ Centre- Rainbow Families
• The Queer Parenting Partnership- Support Groups

NHS: Having a baby if you’re LGBTQ+

Click here to visit the NHS website for more information on ways to become a parent if you’re LGBTQ+, testosterone and pregnancy and chestfeeding if you’re trans or non-binary

Leicester Fertility Centre

Same sex female couples are eligible for one cycle of IVF if they have previously had unsuccessful (self-funded) cycles of donor insemination at an HFEA Licensed Fertility Centre or have an identified cause of subfertility. Click here to visit the Leicester Fertility Centre website to find out more.

Maternity Care for LGBTQ+ People – How can we do better?

Click here to read this article around ways of improving maternity care for LQBTQ+ people