Thinking about feeding your baby (breast or bottle) did you feel that midwives and other carers gave you consistent advice?

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, always	Yes, generally	No
ENGLAND	38.3%	38.4%	23.3%
Airedale NHS Trust	45%	35%	20%
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust	23%	38%	38%
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust	27%	31%	42%
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	36%	33%	31%
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	51%	30%	19%
Barts and the London NHS Trust	19%	40%	40%
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	38%	41%	21%
Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust	36%	38%	26%
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust	40%	37%	23%
Birmingham Women’s Health care NHS Trust	34%	44%	22%
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust	33%	35%	31%
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust	39%	33%	28%
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	53%	29%	18%
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	42%	36%	21%
Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust	37%	39%	24%
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust	42%	36%	21%
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust	40%	38%	22%
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	40%	44%	16%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	30%	44%	26%
Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust	41%	36%	22%
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	30%	35%	35%
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	51%	33%	16%
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	45%	36%	19%
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	35%	44%	22%
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	42%	39%	19%
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	35%	38%	27%
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	47%	36%	17%
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	42%	45%	13%
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	42%	39%	18%
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust	34%	41%	25%
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust	43%	38%	19%
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust	40%	37%	22%
East Cheshire NHS Trust	37%	38%	24%
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust	32%	40%	28%
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	45%	38%	17%
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust	45%	38%	17%
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	33%	37%	31%
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust	38%	45%	17%
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	32%	39%	29%
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	43%	47%	10%
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	33%	37%	30%
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	38%	38%	24%
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust (Former)	32%	38%	30%
Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	40%	39%	21%
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust	39%	32%	30%
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	42%	43%	15%
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust	36%	41%	23%
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	38%	39%	24%
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust	46%	38%	16%
Hinchingbrooke Health care NHS Trust	40%	37%	23%
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	32%	43%	25%
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	43%	42%	15%
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust	36%	43%	21%
Isle Of Wight NHS PCT	42%	33%	25%
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	35%	43%	22%
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust	42%	38%	20%
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	44%	42%	15%
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust	27%	42%	32%
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	37%	38%	24%
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	36%	39%	25%
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust	33%	41%	26%
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	37%	41%	22%
Maidstone and Tunbridge wells NHS Trust	36%	42%	22%
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust	23%	44%	34%
Medway NHS Trust	42%	39%	19%
Mid Essex Hospital services NHS Trust	35%	40%	25%
Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	32%	40%	28%
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	32%	49%	19%
Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust	32%	44%	25%
Newham University Hospital NHS Trust	40%	33%	27%
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust	37%	38%	25%
North Bristol NHS Trust	37%	40%	23%
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	33%	41%	27%
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	45%	40%	15%
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	48%	30%	22%
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust	44%	37%	19%
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	40%	22%
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust	29%	39%	32%
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	47%	34%	20%
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	43%	38%	19%
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	37%	44%	19%
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	35%	40%	24%
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	47%	37%	16%
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	42%	34%	23%
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	36%	40%	23%
Poole Hospital NHS Trust	41%	35%	25%
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	34%	21%
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust	35%	36%	29%
Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust	39%	40%	21%
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	29%	42%	29%
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	32%	17%
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	33%	42%	25%
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust	25%	39%	36%
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust	38%	30%	32%
Royal West Sussex NHS Trust	39%	43%	18%
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust	50%	34%	16%
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	50%	31%	20%
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	37%	37%	26%
Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health care NHS Trust	31%	51%	18%
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	36%	40%	24%
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	57%	28%	15%
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	35%	42%	23%
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	47%	30%	23%
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust	48%	34%	18%
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust	47%	41%	12%
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	29%	43%	28%
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust	40%	42%	18%
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	45%	37%	18%
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust	25%	43%	32%
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust	32%	36%	31%
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	34%	35%	32%
St Mary's NHS Trust	36%	38%	26%
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	40%	37%	23%
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	29%	46%	25%
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust	40%	40%	20%
Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust	46%	30%	24%
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust	44%	40%	17%
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust	27%	39%	34%
The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust	36%	31%	33%
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	43%	19%
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	41%	36%	23%
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	51%	34%	15%
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital king’s Lynn NHS Trust	42%	34%	24%
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	39%	37%	25%
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	31%	31%
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust	34%	38%	27%
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust	42%	34%	23%
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust	38%	41%	21%
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	36%	19%
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	33%	33%	34%
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust	37%	38%	25%
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust	36%	46%	19%
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	37%	41%	23%
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	43%	36%	21%
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust	36%	47%	16%
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	36%	25%
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust	27%	44%	29%
West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	41%	43%	15%
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	40%	22%
Whips Cross University Hospital NHS Trust	33%	35%	33%
Wiltshire PCT	45%	34%	21%
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	29%	42%	28%
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	32%	45%	24%
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	37%	25%
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust	46%	37%	17%
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust	38%	40%	22%
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	47%	37%	16%
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	37%	40%	23%
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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