Healthcare Commission's Survey Results for
West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust

Healthcare Commission

Nearby Trusts
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Poole Hospital NHS Trust
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (The)
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

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Survey Results

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Women's views

Trust Average

English Average

Women's satisfaction with their care during pregnancy

78.8%

73.2%

% women always treated with understanding and respect during antenatal care

78.8%

73.2%

Women's satisfaction with their care during labour and birth

84.8%

76.8%

% women who were always treated with understanding and respect during labour and birth

83.3%

73.4%

% women who considered they were treated with understanding and respect after the birth

69.2%

60.2%

Women's satisfaction with their care after birth

72.9%

64.2%

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Antenatal, access and booking

Trust Average

English Average

% women whose first contact with a healthcare professional is a midwife

15.7%

18.8%

% of women who first see a GP

81.9%

78.3%

% women given a choice of where check ups took place

31.1%

23.5%

% antenatal appointments offered outside the main maternity unit

84.2%

66.5%

Target date (weeks gestation) for booking

10 (Weeks gestation)

9.8 (Weeks gestation)

Average number of weeks pregnant at booking appointment

10.2 (Weeks)

10.9 (Weeks)

% women more than 12 weeks pregnant when they are first seen

2.4%

6.1%

% women receiving a copy of 'The Pregnancy Book'

79.8%

74.6%

Items covered in booking appointment

16 (Score out of 17)

16.0 (Score out of 17)

% of clinic locations with appointments outside weekdays 9 to 5 (consultant)

0.0%

1.5%

% of clinic locations with appointments outside weekdays 9 to 5 (midwife led)

0.0%

12.7%

% of clinic locations with appointments outside weekdays 9 to 5

0.0%

4.5%

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Antenatal appointments

Trust Average

English Average

% women seeing only midwives for check ups

50.0%

34.1%

% women seeing only midwives / GPs for check ups

53.5%

40.4%

Time allocated for booking appointment(s)

90 (Minutes)

103 (Minutes)

Time allocated for routine antenatal check

20 (Minutes)

16.1 (Minutes)

Planned number of antenatal checks for primip

9

11.6

Average number of antenatal checks for primips

8

7.6

Planned number of antenatal checks for multip

8

9.2

Average number of antenatal checks for multips

7

6.9

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Continuity of care

Trust Average

English Average

% women reporting they mostly saw the same midwife for check-ups

33.9%

57.3%

% women reporting they mostly saw the same doctor for check-ups

31.6%

38.9%

Percent midwives sharing caseload

0.0%

30.4%

Percent midwives carrying own caseload

0.0%

23.7%

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Antenatal classes

Trust Average

English Average

% women attending NHS antenatal classes who wanted to

81.7%

58.3%

% women who did not attend antenatal classes due to lack of space

0.0%

3.4%

% women having first baby attending antenatal classes

97.6%

78.9%

% women whose partners were allowed to attend antenatal classes

100%

94.6%

% women who considered classes were at convenient location

95.9%

93.7%

% women who considered classes were at convenient time

87.8%

85.1%

% who considered content of classes appropriate

83.7%

79.6%

Length of antenatal classes (sessions)

8 (Hours)

4.2 (Hours)

% who considered classes were about right number

91.8%

71.0%

Proportion of primips offered classes

6.0%

5.7%

Proportion of multips offered classes

6.0%

5.2%

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Care for women with high risk pregnancies

Trust Average

English Average

% of women getting 20+ antenatal checks

2.4%

2.9%

Antenatal day attendances per delivery

1.4

1.3

% conditions where there is a specialist midwife

5.3%

22.7%

Average number of consultant attendances per booked women

1.2

2.3

% women referred to consultants in pregnancy (survey)

47.1%

59.9%

% of women surveyed with an antenatal admission involving an overnight stay

20.5%

18.9%

Places per 1000 deliveries pa in nearest mother and baby unit

0.1 (Places per 1000 deliveries)

0.2 (Places per 1000 deliveries)

% women referred to consultants during pregnancy

42.7%

70.2%

% women referred for specialist psychiatric care

 

3.9%

Ratio of antenatal attendances to antenatal admissions

2.4 (Ratio)

2.5 (Ratio)

Minimum referral waits for a psychiatrist

1 (Time interval)

1.6 (Time interval)

Maximum referral waits for a psychiatrist

2 (Time interval)

2.8 (Time interval)

Tests and screening

No results for this category.

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Dating scans

Trust Average

English Average

% eligible women offered dating scan

100%

98.0%

% women given a choice on whether to have a dating scan

89.8%

70.4%

% women with reasons for dating scan clearly explained

97.3%

88.0%

% eligible women having dating scan

99.0%

93.2%

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Testing procedures

Trust Average

English Average

% women offered an informed choice for screening tests

95.5%

83.6%

% of tests where written information is provided

90.9%

98.1%

% of tests where written information is provided at least 24 hours prior to procedure

90.9%

79.5%

% women with reasons for 20 week scan clearly explained

99.2%

91.7%

% women given a choice on whether to have a 20 week scan

90.6%

72.9%

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Screening

Trust Average

English Average

% women who were given a choice on having Downs syndrome screening test

97.6%

87.9%

% women with reasons for Downs syndrome screening clearly explained

97.5%

89.2%

% women eligible for amniocentesis or CVS who were tested

45.8%

63.3%

% women having CVS of those having amniocentesis or CVS

39.0%

23.7%

% of amniocentesis or chorionic villus downs syndrome test results which are negative

90.9%

93.1%

% eligible women offered Rubella testing

99.0%

98.6%

% eligible women tested for Rubella

99.0%

95.0%

% eligible woman offered fetal anomaly scan

100%

97.1%

% eligible woman having fetal anomaly scan

99.4%

94.8%

Attributes checked in fetal anomaly scan (max 11)

11

10.5

% women having both NT and blood test (survey)

18.3%

24.9%

% women having blood test only (survey)

5.4%

58.8%

% women having NT test only (survey)

76.3%

16.3%

% eligible women offered Hepatitis B testing

99.0%

98.6%

% eligible women tested for Hepatitis B

94.7%

95.4%

% eligible women offered HIV testing

99.0%

98.3%

% eligible women tested for HIV

94.7%

92.3%

% eligible women offered Syphilis testing

99.0%

98.6%

% eligible women tested for Syphilis

99.0%

96.7%

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Birth location and choice

Trust Average

English Average

% women given a choice of where to have their baby at the start of the pregnancy

82.1%

74.7%

% women having vaginal birth

75.7%

76.1%

% women reporting they got enough information about where to have you baby

52.6%

38.4%

% women with 'normal' vaginal birth (no induction or epidural)

50.6%

41.7%

% women given the choice of a home birth

68.9%

47.6%

% women with vaginal birth without instruments

63.2%

65.0%

% women not offered home birth because of medical reasons

21.0%

14.8%

Number of home births

77

114

% home births

3.6%

2.3%

% home births which were planned for home

82.2%

85.6%

% home deliveries which were for primips

13.7%

20.1%

% births in GP or midwife led unit

0.0%

5.8%

Number of deliveries in obstetric units

1946

3843

% births in consultant led unit

96.2%

91.4%

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Pain relief

Trust Average

English Average

% women who got the pain relief they wanted

83.2%

77.5%

Birthing pools per 1000 deliveries

0.5

0.5

% women using birthing pool who deliver in pool

36.8%

53.3%

Average number of deliveries utilising birthing pool

19 (Number per month)

17.6 (Number per month)

Midwives trained to deliver in birthing pools per pool

45

45.2

% women having at most gas and air for vaginal birth without instruments

64.0%

58.7%

% women having at most painkiller for vaginal birth without instruments

84.0%

83.4%

% women using medication (beyond Entonox) as pain relief

48.5%

51.3%

% women having epidural pain relief for unassisted vaginal birth

11.1%

13.9%

Weekday hours Epidural available

24 (Hours per day - weekday)

23.3 (Hours per day - weekday)

Weekend hours Epidural available

24 (Hours per day - weekend)

23.9 (Hours per day - weekend)

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Quality of care in labour

Trust Average

English Average

% women cared for by one midwife during labour and delivery

13.5%

19.8%

% women who had met at least one midwife caring for them during labour

43.0%

21.4%

% women left alone during labour

14.3%

20.5%

% women left alone shortly after the birth

7.1%

11.4%

% women left alone during labour or shortly after the birth

19.8%

26.6%

Average number of midwives caring for women during labour

3

2.6

% of women able to move around some of the time in labour

73.0%

73.2%

% women giving birth off the bed or in water

13.1%

7.8%

% women who gave birth lying down

59.8%

56.6%

Interventions and clinical care

No results for this category.

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Induction

Trust Average

English Average

% women given a choice on how their labour was induced

 

56.6%

Days past term when inductions planned to take place

10 (Days)

12.7 (Days)

% women induced

19.1%

18.8%

% women whose labour was induced medically (surgically)

22.8%

25.2%

% inductions which lead to the successful onset of labour and vaginal delivery

79.5%

76.1%

% vaginal deliveries following induction which are assisted

22.1%

22.9%

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Vaginal birth

Trust Average

English Average

% women having vaginal birth

75.7%

76.1%

vbac (vaginal birth after caesarean) rate

29.2%

32.0%

% women with 'normal' vaginal birth (no induction or epidural)

50.6%

41.7%

% women with vaginal birth without instruments

63.2%

65.0%

% women having epidural pain relief for vaginal birth with instruments

66.7%

54.1%

% women with vaginal birth where ventouse or forceps used

16.5%

14.7%

% instrument births using ventouse

76.2%

61.1%

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Caesarean

Trust Average

English Average

% women having caesarean

24.3%

23.5%

% women having caesarean adjusted for age

21.5%

22.4%

% women having caesarean adjusted for age and ethnicity

21.7%

22.2%

vbac (vaginal birth after caesarean) rate

29.2%

32.0%

% emergency caesareans following previous caesarean

19.9%

21.8%

% of emergency caesareans undertaken within 30 minutes of decision

100%

92.8%

% caesareans which are non-elective

56.9%

59.0%

% women under 35 having caesarean

21.8%

22.4%

% women over 35 having caesarean

36.7%

33.3%

% primips having caesarean

25.3%

24.1%

% multips having caesarean

23.8%

26.8%

% emergency caesareans for 2nd or subsequent child

10.7%

11.5%

% women having general anaesthestic for caesarean

11.6%

9.9%

% women having general anaesthestic for elective caesarean

6.1%

4.7%

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Breech babies

Trust Average

English Average

% women offered ECV for a breech

62.5%

58.3%

Babies turned using ECV

15.4%

41.2%

% singleton breech babies at 36 weeks where ECV attempted

32.5%

35.0%

% singleton breech deliveries which were diagnosed prior to labour

15.6%

19.5%

% singleton babies breech at term

2.2%

3.8%

% elective caesareans for breech prior to week 39

2.8%

42.2%

% singleton breech babies at term delivered by caesarean

82.2%

84.9%

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Problems immediately after the birth

Trust Average

English Average

Women per 1000 deliveries with eclampsia

0.5 (Number per 1000)

1.3 (Number per 1000)

% Women who delivered vaginally who had an episiotomy

17.0%

16.7%

% women who had an episiotomy or tear who received stitches in <1 hour

89.6%

87.4%

% women who had an episiotomy or tear who received stitches in <20 minutes

60.4%

57.7%

% Women from survey with 3rd or 4th degree perineal tear

3.4%

8.6%

% Women who delivered vaginally with 3rd or 4th degree perineal tear

1.6%

2.2%

% Women experiencing a primary postpartum haemorrhage (1000ml or more)

1.9%

3.3%

% Women with a primary postpartum haemorrhage of 2500ml or more

0.0%

0.2%

% women transferred to intensive care after a postpartum haemorrhage

7.7%

3.9%

Women per 1000 deliveries transferred to intensive care

3 (Number per 1000)

1.2 (Number per 1000)

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Hospital care

Trust Average

English Average

% women who considered their length of stay was about right

74.8%

72.3%

% women who considered their length of stay was too short

14.8%

13.1%

% women who considered their length of stay was too long

10.4%

14.7%

Average length of postnatal stay for normal delivery

2 (Days)

1.4 (Days)

Average length of stay for normal delivery -primip

2 (Days)

4.6 (Days)

Average length of stay for normal delivery - multip

2 (Days)

2.3 (Days)

Average length of postnatal stay for vaginal with intervention delivery

2.2 (Days)

2.3 (Days)

Average length of stay for vaginal with intervention delivery - primip

2 (Days)

2.6 (Days)

Average length of stay for vaginal with intervention delivery - multip

3 (Days)

4.4 (Days)

Average length of postnatal stay for caesarean delivery

4.1 (Days)

3.4 (Days)

Average length of stay for caesarean delivery - primip

4.3 (Days)

4.1 (Days)

Average length of stay for caesarean delivery - multip

4 (Days)

4.2 (Days)

% women who were given sufficient food

86.3%

77.3%

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Postnatal care at home

Trust Average

English Average

% women who were visited at home

96.8%

98.0%

Average age of baby at last midwife contact

13 (Days)

14.6 (Days)

% of women who would have liked more contact with midwife

4.0%

22.2%

Quality of transfer process to health visitor (score out of 5)

4 (Score out of 5)

4.4 (Score out of 5)

Quality of support in caring for the baby after discharge

75.9%

66.1%

Average number of contacts with midwife after going home

6.4

4.4

Planned postnatal contacts

7

5.5

% planned postnatal contacts by midwife

57.1%

83.4%

% planned postnatal contacts at home

71.4%

80.7%

Hours of availability of drop-in-clinics

12 (Hours per week)

21.1 (Hours per week)

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Health checks

Trust Average

English Average

% babies having statutory examination of newborn

99.6%

98.5%

% babies with baby check completed prior to discharge

96.6%

95.1%

% women receiving a postnatal check up of their own health (survey)

85.7%

88.1%

Women re-admitted within 2 weeks of discharge

9.2 (Number per 1000)

5.4 (Number per 1000)

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Infant feeding

Trust Average

English Average

% women who put their baby to their breast (survey)

90.5%

80.1%

% women who initiated breastfeeding

80.1%

67.4%

% women who breastfed (at least in part) in the first few days

86.5%

76.0%

% of women who reported good advice, help and support on infant feeding

67.0%

58.0%

% women who discussed breastfeeding with midwife during pregnancy

91.2%

77.4%

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Neonatal care

Trust Average

English Average

Admissions to neonatal unit per 1000 babies born

109

102

% babies admitted to neonatal unit from survey

10.7%

10.4%

Tube feeding

Yes

60% Yes - 40%No

Phototherapy

Yes

99% Yes - 1%No

Intravenous antibiotics

Yes

57% Yes - 43%No

Other intravenous medicines

Yes

28% Yes - 72%No