153. An overview of a high risk obstetric anaesthetic clinic

Background: Whipps Cross Hospitals is a large district general hospital in London, has a busy Obstetric unit catering to a cosmopolitan population with an increased incidence of high risk pregnancies. There are over 4500 deliveries conducted here per annum, The Department of Anaesthesia runs a high risk pregnancy clinic since 2002 in accordance with CEMAC regulations which came in later. We looked at the last hundred patients who attended the clinic approx 7 to 9 per week regarding their reason for referral, its outcome and its bearing on our service provision.