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

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	41.3%	36.8%	21.9%
Airedale NHS Trust	54%	32%	14%
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust	29%	43%	28%
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust	25%	34%	41%
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	31%	31%
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	54%	30%	16%
Barts and the London NHS Trust	26%	27%	47%
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	39%	39%	22%
Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust	39%	32%	29%
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust	44%	31%	25%
Birmingham Women’s Health care NHS Trust	36%	42%	22%
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust	27%	34%	39%
Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust	41%	34%	24%
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	46%	36%	18%
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	38%	17%
Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust	31%	38%	31%
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust	41%	38%	20%
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust	45%	37%	18%
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	44%	39%	17%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	35%	44%	21%
Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust	42%	36%	23%
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	24%	42%	33%
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	55%	29%	15%
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust	50%	37%	13%
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	37%	41%	22%
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	43%	41%	16%
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust	38%	37%	25%
Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	52%	35%	14%
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	44%	44%	12%
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	51%	36%	13%
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust	42%	30%	28%
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust	43%	41%	16%
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust	41%	37%	22%
East Cheshire NHS Trust	46%	39%	15%
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust	34%	41%	24%
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	43%	39%	18%
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust	45%	37%	17%
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust	39%	39%	21%
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust	43%	40%	17%
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	40%	39%	21%
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	46%	40%	14%
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust	43%	32%	25%
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	43%	34%	23%
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust (Former)	29%	46%	25%
Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	46%	32%	21%
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	36%	26%
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust	43%	42%	16%
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust	37%	40%	24%
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	45%	33%	21%
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	37%	13%
Hinchingbrooke Health care NHS Trust	45%	35%	21%
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	29%	36%	36%
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	49%	33%	18%
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust	40%	38%	22%
Isle Of Wight NHS PCT	43%	41%	16%
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	42%	38%	19%
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust	48%	30%	23%
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	46%	35%	20%
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust	36%	40%	25%
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	42%	35%	23%
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	38%	24%
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust	38%	36%	25%
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	40%	34%	26%
Maidstone and Tunbridge wells NHS Trust	46%	34%	20%
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust	29%	38%	34%
Medway NHS Trust	43%	36%	21%
Mid Essex Hospital services NHS Trust	41%	36%	23%
Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	29%	46%	25%
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust	40%	39%	21%
Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust	35%	42%	23%
Newham University Hospital NHS Trust	35%	34%	31%
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust	39%	37%	24%
North Bristol NHS Trust	41%	38%	21%
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	36%	40%	25%
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	52%	33%	15%
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	44%	32%	24%
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust	52%	35%	13%
North West London Hospitals NHS Trust	34%	43%	23%
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust	28%	39%	33%
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	56%	25%	18%
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	47%	41%	12%
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	42%	36%	22%
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	35%	37%	27%
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	51%	33%	15%
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	47%	33%	20%
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	42%	37%	21%
Poole Hospital NHS Trust	44%	34%	22%
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust	47%	35%	18%
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust	36%	31%	33%
Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust	40%	35%	25%
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust	38%	39%	23%
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	36%	14%
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust	37%	39%	24%
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust	21%	42%	37%
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust	38%	38%	25%
Royal West Sussex NHS Trust	45%	44%	11%
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust	50%	36%	14%
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust	54%	29%	16%
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust	40%	37%	23%
Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health care NHS Trust	33%	48%	19%
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	40%	35%	25%
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	61%	25%	14%
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust	42%	42%	16%
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	54%	33%	13%
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust	49%	32%	19%
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust	53%	33%	14%
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	44%	18%
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	35%	21%
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	48%	34%	19%
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust	33%	43%	24%
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust	31%	38%	31%
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	37%	37%	26%
St Mary's NHS Trust	34%	35%	31%
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	51%	33%	16%
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	33%	42%	25%
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust	45%	36%	19%
Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust	43%	34%	23%
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust	46%	38%	16%
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust	24%	44%	32%
The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust	35%	24%	41%
The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust	33%	51%	15%
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	42%	36%	21%
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust	51%	37%	12%
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital king’s Lynn NHS Trust	51%	28%	21%
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	42%	32%	26%
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	38%	31%	31%
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust	31%	44%	24%
Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust	44%	36%	21%
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust	51%	34%	15%
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust	45%	37%	18%
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	35%	34%	32%
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust	41%	36%	23%
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust	40%	46%	14%
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust	34%	43%	23%
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	44%	34%	22%
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust	36%	48%	15%
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust	40%	38%	22%
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust	34%	40%	26%
West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust	43%	36%	20%
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust	44%	29%	27%
Whips Cross University Hospital NHS Trust	30%	40%	29%
Wiltshire PCT	53%	32%	16%
Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust	40%	37%	23%
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	33%	46%	20%
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	42%	36%	22%
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust	50%	34%	16%
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust	41%	35%	25%
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	60%	27%	12%
York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	39%	41%	19%
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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