Results of a survey carried out by the Healthcare Commission to find out what women think about the maternity care they have received.
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Results of a survey carried out by the Healthcare Commission to find out what women think about the maternity care they have received. |
Did you give birth to a single baby, twins or more in your most recent pregnancy?
Roughly how many weeks pregnant were you when your baby was born?
How much did your baby weigh at birth?
Which health professional did you go to first about your pregnancy care?
Were you able to see this person as soon as you wanted?
Roughly how many weeks pregnant were you when you had your booking appointment?
At the start of your pregnancy did you have a choice about where you could have your baby?
Were you given the choice of having your baby at home?
Did you get enough information from a midwife or doctor to help you decide where to have your baby?
Were you given a copy of The Pregnancy Book?
Roughly how many antenatal check-ups did you have in total?
During your pregnancy were you given a choice about where your antenatal check-ups would take place?
Did you see a midwife for your antenatal check-ups?
Did you see a GP/family doctor for your antenatal check-ups?
Did you see a hospital doctor for your antenatal check-ups?
Did you see any other health professional for your antenatal check-ups?
Were you given a choice about who would carry out your antenatal check-ups?
If you saw a midwife for your antenatal check-ups, did you see the same one every time?
If you saw a hospital doctor for your antenatal check-ups, did you see the same one every time?
Did you have any screening tests to check whether your baby might have Down's syndrome?
Do you feel you had a choice about whether to have a screening test for Down's syndrome?
Were the reasons for having a screening test for Down's syndrome clearly explained to you?
Was the reason for this scan clearly explained to you?
Do you feel you had a choice about having this scan?
Did you have a scan at around 20 weeks of pregnancy?
Was the reason for this scan clearly explained to you?
Do you feel you had a choice about having this scan?
Roughly how many ultrasound scans did you have in total during this pregnancy?
During your pregnancy did you attend any antenatal classes provided by the NHS?
If you did attend any antenatal classes provided by the NHS, were the classes at a convenient place?
If you did attend any antenatal classes provided by the NHS, were there enough classes?
Overall, thinking about your antenatal care, were you spoken to in a way you could understand?
Overall, thinking about your antenatal care, were you treated with respect and dignity?
Overall, thinking about your antenatal care, were you treated with kindness and understanding?
Overall, thinking about your antenatal care, were you involved enough in decisions about your care?
Roughly how long did your labour last?
If your labour was induced, were any of the following used?
Do you feel you had any choice about whether your labour would be induced?
For your labour and birth in the hospital, how clean were the labour or delivery rooms you were in?
During your labour and the birth, did you use any of the following to help relieve the pain?
During your labour and birth, did you feel you got the pain relief you wanted?
Were you transferred just before your birth or during your labour for medical reasons or concerns?
Thinking about the birth of your baby, what kind of delivery did you have?
If your baby was born by caesarean was this?
What position were you in when your baby was born?
While your baby was being born were you given an episiotomy (cut)?
While your baby was being born did you have a tear?
Was this a serious tear which involved your back passage (third or fourth degree tear)?
Did you have confidence and trust in the staff caring for you during your labour and birth?
Was your husband, partner or companion with you for as much as you wanted?
How long did you stay in hospital after your baby was born?
Looking back, do you feel that the length of your stay in hospital was?
Were you given enough information about your own recovery after the birth?
Did your baby have a newborn examination or 'baby check' before you were discharged home?
Who carried out this examination or 'baby check'?
During your postnatal stay were you offered a choice of food?
Overall how would you rate the hospital food during your postnatal stay?
For your postnatal stay in the hospital, how clean was the hospital room or ward you were in?
For your postnatal stay in the hospital, how clean were the toilets and bathrooms that you used?
During your pregnancy did your midwife discuss infant feeding with you?
Did you ever put your baby to the breast (even if it was only once)?
In the first few days after the birth how was your baby fed?
Was your baby cared for in a neonatal unit at all?
Since your baby's birth have you been visited at home by a midwife?
How many times in total did you see a midwife after you went home?
How old was your baby when you had the last visit or contact with the midwife?
Would you have liked to have seen a midwife?
Did you have a postnatal check-up of your own health? (Around 4-6 weeks after the birth)
Were you given information or offered advice from a health professional about contraception?
Overall, how would you rate the care received during your pregnancy?
Overall, how would you rate the care received during your labour and birth?
Overall, how would you rate the care received during your care after the birth?
Have you had a previous pregnancy?
How many babies have you given birth to before this pregnancy?
How old were you when left full-time education?
Which of the following people live with you? Please tick all that apply.
What language do you speak most often at home?
To which of these ethnic groups would you say you belong?
Do you have a long-standing physical or mental health problem or disability?
Does this problem or disability affect your day to day activities?
Overall, how would you rate your health over the past 4 weeks?