While your baby was being born did you have a tear?

Of those who had a vaginal delivery.

Results of a survey carried out by the Healthcare Commission to find out what women think about the maternity care they have received.

	Significantly a lot above the average for England.
	Significantly above the average for England.
	Not significantly different from the average for England.
	Significantly below the average for England.
	Significantly a lot below the average for England.
See bottom of page for notes on statistical significance.

Trust	Yes	No
ENGLAND	53.3%	46.7%
Airedale NHS Trust	49%	51%
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust	60%	40%
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust	49%	51%
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	50%
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	49%	51%
Barts and the London NHS Trust	57%	43%
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	55%	45%
Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust	61%	39%
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust	56%	44%
Birmingham Women’s Health care NHS Trust	50%	50%
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust	46%	54%
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust	60%	40%
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	56%	44%
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	52%	48%
Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust	61%	39%
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	45%
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust	48%	52%
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	44%	56%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	59%	41%
Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust	48%	52%
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	48%	52%
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	44%	56%
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	47%	53%
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	55%	45%
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	52%	48%
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	52%	48%
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	55%	45%
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	56%	44%
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	56%	44%
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust	56%	44%
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust	52%	48%
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust	63%	37%
East Cheshire NHS Trust	49%	51%
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust	47%	53%
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	62%	38%
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust	57%	43%
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	45%
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust	50%	50%
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	55%	45%
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	38%	62%
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	41%	59%
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	58%	42%
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust (Former)	56%	44%
Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	48%	52%
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust	57%	43%
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	54%	46%
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust	52%	48%
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	50%	50%
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust	59%	41%
Hinchingbrooke Health care NHS Trust	57%	43%
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	57%	43%
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	45%
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust	51%	49%
Isle Of Wight NHS PCT	47%	53%
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	57%	43%
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust	48%	52%
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	58%	42%
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust	62%	38%
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	59%	41%
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	53%	47%
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust	48%	52%
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	60%	40%
Maidstone and Tunbridge wells NHS Trust	55%	45%
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust	53%	47%
Medway NHS Trust	54%	46%
Mid Essex Hospital services NHS Trust	57%	43%
Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	60%	40%
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	47%	53%
Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust	55%	45%
Newham University Hospital NHS Trust	54%	46%
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust	50%	50%
North Bristol NHS Trust	60%	40%
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	49%	51%
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	45%	55%
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	51%	49%
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust	42%	58%
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust	54%	46%
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust	46%	54%
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	53%	47%
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	43%	57%
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	47%	53%
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	57%	43%
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	48%	52%
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	55%	45%
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	53%	47%
Poole Hospital NHS Trust	55%	45%
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust	49%	51%
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust	56%	44%
Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust	62%	38%
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	63%	37%
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	50%
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	50%	50%
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust	66%	34%
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust	60%	40%
Royal West Sussex NHS Trust	53%	47%
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust	42%	58%
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	60%	40%
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	53%	47%
Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health care NHS Trust	38%	62%
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	54%	46%
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	48%	52%
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	52%	48%
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	49%	51%
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust	55%	45%
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust	44%	56%
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	58%	42%
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust	53%	47%
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	54%	46%
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust	55%	45%
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust	60%	40%
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	51%	49%
St Mary's NHS Trust	54%	46%
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	57%	43%
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	52%	48%
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust	61%	39%
Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust	63%	37%
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust	47%	53%
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust	51%	49%
The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust	56%	44%
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	62%	38%
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	55%	45%
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	56%	44%
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital king’s Lynn NHS Trust	62%	38%
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	39%	61%
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	66%	34%
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust	56%	44%
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust	47%	53%
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust	69%	31%
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	50%
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	50%	50%
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust	50%	50%
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust	51%	49%
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	48%	52%
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	55%	45%
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust	53%	47%
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust	53%	47%
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust	60%	40%
West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	60%	40%
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust	66%	34%
Whips Cross University Hospital NHS Trust	51%	49%
Wiltshire PCT	51%	49%
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	54%	46%
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	50%	50%
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	58%	42%
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust	61%	39%
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust	45%	55%
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	47%	53%
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	45%	55%
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
Weston Area Health NHS Trust
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Notes on Statistical Significance

Because the sample sizes are quite small, a number that deviates from the average for England is not necessarily statistically significantly different from the English average.
Two trusts may show the same percentage response, but it is possible that only one of them is marked as significantly different to the English average. This is because the survey sample size varies with trust.
This data should not be used to rank trusts (generate league tables) as the precise ordering can not be ascertained due to the inherent inaccuracies of small sample surveys.

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