Midwife-Led Unit at Antrim Area Hospital

Status: Complete

Client: Northern Trust

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Modern hospital delivery room with birthing tub, adjustable bed, newborn bassinet, medical equipment, and large window.

Midwife-Led Unit at Antrim Area Hospital

Martin & Hamilton have successfully delivered the new two-storey Midwife-Led Unit at Antrim Area Hospital.

The 600 sq m facility provides three dedicated ground-floor birthing rooms, supported by utility and ancillary accommodation, consumables storage and a beverage bay. The first floor comprises a recovery ward, clinical assessment room and Sister’s office, together with associated plant and service accommodation.

A new first-floor glazed corridor connects the facility directly to the existing maternity wards. The project included the complete installation of mechanical and electrical systems for a high-hygiene healthcare environment, including mechanical ventilation, access control, state-of-the-art birthing pools and specialist medical support systems.

The completed development enhances the hospital’s maternity services with modern birthing and recovery facilities designed to support mothers, babies and clinical teams.

Martin & Hamilton also delivered the complete external works package, including groundworks, drainage and connections to existing live services. The scope included a new bus turning circle, lay-by and bus stop, together with hard and soft landscaping around the new building and adjacent units, creating a consistent, high-quality external environment across the site.


Modern hospital birthing room with delivery bed, infant bassinet, birthing tub, medical equipment, and overhead surgical light
Bright institutional hallway with a kitchenette, fire safety equipment, automatic exit doors, and a Way Out sign
Hospital patient room with an adjustable bed, overhead examination light, window, bedside table, and medical equipment.
Hospital hallway with a sign welcoming visitors to the Midwifery Led Unit, reception desk, medical equipment, and security camera.
Wall-mounted dispenser stocked with blue disposable gloves in small, medium, and large sizes beside a hand sanitizer dispenser.
Bright hospital corridor with a sign welcoming visitors to the Midwifery-Led Unit, including medical equipment, double doors, fire extinguishers, and a reception station.
Modern hospital patient room with an adjustable bed, surgical lights, birthing tub, medical equipment, and privacy window blinds
Accessible hospital bathroom with a large therapeutic bathtub, overhead lift, grab bars, wooden cabinets, and skylight ceiling
Accessible bathroom sink with lever faucet, paper towel dispenser, soap dispenser, hand sanitizer, and hand-washing instruction poster
Modern hospital patient room with an adjustable bed, overhead medical equipment, bathtub, cabinets, and large window
Commercial break room with a Scotsman ice-and-water dispenser, Zip boiling-water tap, paper towel dispenser, stainless-steel sink, and wood countertop.
Bright institutional hallway with double fire doors, emergency exit signs, a fire alarm, and wall-mounted fire extinguisher.
Hospital hallway entrance with a sign reading “Welcome to Midwifery Led Unit (MLU),” clinical equipment, elevators, and fire safety fixtures.
Modern hospital reception hallway with a nurses' station, medical equipment, printer, wall monitors, fire extinguishers, and an exit marked “Way Out.”