Healthcare Commission's Survey Results for
Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust

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Women's views	Trust Average	English Average
Women's satisfaction with their care during pregnancy	71.6%	73.2%
% women always treated with understanding and respect during antenatal care	71.6%	73.2%
Women's satisfaction with their care during labour and birth	79.8%	76.8%
% women who were always treated with understanding and respect during labour and birth	75.8%	73.4%
% women who considered they were treated with understanding and respect after the birth	60.4%	60.2%
Women's satisfaction with their care after birth	58.6%	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	9.3%	18.8%
% of women who first see a GP	87.2%	78.3%
% women given a choice of where check ups took place	33.7%	23.5%
% antenatal appointments offered outside the main maternity unit	61.3%	66.5%
Target date (weeks gestation) for booking	11 (Weeks gestation)	9.8 (Weeks gestation)
Average number of weeks pregnant at booking appointment	11.5 (Weeks)	10.9 (Weeks)
% women more than 12 weeks pregnant when they are first seen	8.1%	6.1%
% women receiving a copy of 'The Pregnancy Book'	62.7%	74.6%
Items covered in booking appointment	17 (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	14.9%	34.1%
% women seeing only midwives / GPs for check ups	50.0%	40.4%
Time allocated for booking appointment(s)	60 (Minutes)	103 (Minutes)
Time allocated for routine antenatal check	20 (Minutes)	16.1 (Minutes)
Planned number of antenatal checks for primip	10	11.6
Average number of antenatal checks for primips	6	7.6
Planned number of antenatal checks for multip	10	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	48.2%	57.3%
% women reporting they mostly saw the same doctor for check-ups	39.5%	38.9%
Percent midwives sharing caseload	53.8%	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	72.9%	58.3%
% women who did not attend antenatal classes due to lack of space	0.8%	3.4%
% women having first baby attending antenatal classes	87.2%	78.9%
% women whose partners were allowed to attend antenatal classes	93.5%	94.6%
% women who considered classes were at convenient location	95.7%	93.7%
% women who considered classes were at convenient time	88.3%	85.1%
% who considered content of classes appropriate	80.2%	79.6%
Length of antenatal classes (sessions)	6 (Hours)	4.2 (Hours)
% who considered classes were about right number	75.8%	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	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
% of women getting 20+ antenatal checks	5.9%	2.9%
Antenatal day attendances per delivery	1.4	1.3		2
% conditions where there is a specialist midwife	68.4%	22.7%
Average number of consultant attendances per booked women	3.4	2.3
% women referred to consultants in pregnancy (survey)	51.1%	59.9%
% of women surveyed with an antenatal admission involving an overnight stay	23.9%	18.9%
Places per 1000 deliveries pa in nearest mother and baby unit	0.2 (Places per 1000 deliveries)	0.2 (Places per 1000 deliveries)
% women referred to consultants during pregnancy	41.6%	70.2%
% women referred for specialist psychiatric care	4.3%	3.9%
Ratio of antenatal attendances to antenatal admissions	5 (Ratio)	2.5 (Ratio)		5 (Ratio)
Minimum referral waits for a psychiatrist	1 (Time interval)	1.6 (Time interval)
Maximum referral waits for a psychiatrist	3 (Time interval)	2.8 (Time interval)

Tests and screening

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Dating scans	Trust Average	English Average
% eligible women offered dating scan		98.0%
% women given a choice on whether to have a dating scan	70.4%	70.4%
% women with reasons for dating scan clearly explained	84.2%	88.0%
% eligible women having dating scan		93.2%

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Testing procedures	Trust Average	English Average
% women offered an informed choice for screening tests	83.2%	83.6%
% of tests where written information is provided	100%	98.1%
% of tests where written information is provided at least 24 hours prior to procedure	81.8%	79.5%
% women with reasons for 20 week scan clearly explained	91.7%	91.7%
% women given a choice on whether to have a 20 week scan	76.5%	72.9%

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Screening	Trust Average	English Average
% women who were given a choice on having Downs syndrome screening test	82.5%	87.9%
% women with reasons for Downs syndrome screening clearly explained	90.4%	89.2%
% women eligible for amniocentesis or CVS who were tested	100%	63.3%
% women having CVS of those having amniocentesis or CVS	40.2%	23.7%
% of amniocentesis or chorionic villus downs syndrome test results which are negative	100%	93.1%
% eligible women offered Rubella testing	100%	98.6%
% eligible women tested for Rubella	100%	95.0%
% eligible woman offered fetal anomaly scan	100%	97.1%
% eligible woman having fetal anomaly scan	91.6%	94.8%
Attributes checked in fetal anomaly scan (max 11)	11	10.5
% women having both NT and blood test (survey)	35.1%	24.9%
% women having blood test only (survey)	17.0%	58.8%
% women having NT test only (survey)	47.9%	16.3%
% eligible women offered Hepatitis B testing	100%	98.6%
% eligible women tested for Hepatitis B	100%	95.4%
% eligible women offered HIV testing	100%	98.3%
% eligible women tested for HIV	99.3%	92.3%
% eligible women offered Syphilis testing	100%	98.6%
% eligible women tested for Syphilis	100%	96.7%

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Birth location and choice	Trust Average	English Average	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
% women given a choice of where to have their baby at the start of the pregnancy	74.3%	74.7%
% women having vaginal birth	70.9%	76.1%	100.4%	62.4%
% women reporting they got enough information about where to have you baby	45.4%	38.4%
% women with 'normal' vaginal birth (no induction or epidural)	50.4%	41.7%	98.4%	37.9%
% women given the choice of a home birth	53.1%	47.6%
% women with vaginal birth without instruments	58.2%	65.0%	99.3%	46.1%
% women not offered home birth because of medical reasons	12.2%	14.8%
Number of home births	166	114
% home births	2.5%	2.3%
% home births which were planned for home	101.3%	85.6%
% home deliveries which were for primips	45.0%	20.1%
% births in GP or midwife led unit	19.4%	5.8%
Number of deliveries in obstetric units	4916	3843
% births in consultant led unit	76.6%	91.4%

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Pain relief	Trust Average	English Average	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
% women who got the pain relief they wanted	77.1%	77.5%
Birthing pools per 1000 deliveries	0.3	0.5	2	0
% women using birthing pool who deliver in pool	66.7%	53.3%	66.7%
Average number of deliveries utilising birthing pool	60 (Number per month)	17.6 (Number per month)	60 (Number per month)
Midwives trained to deliver in birthing pools per pool	54	45.2	28
% women having at most gas and air for vaginal birth without instruments	79.4%	58.7%
% women having at most painkiller for vaginal birth without instruments	81.9%	83.4%
% women using medication (beyond Entonox) as pain relief	34.6%	51.3%
% women having epidural pain relief for unassisted vaginal birth	0.4%	13.9%	0.0%	0.7%
Weekday hours Epidural available	24 (Hours per day - weekday)	23.3 (Hours per day - weekday)	0 (Hours per day - weekday)	24 (Hours per day - weekday)
Weekend hours Epidural available	24 (Hours per day - weekend)	23.9 (Hours per day - weekend)	0 (Hours per day - weekend)	24 (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	15.5%	19.8%
% women who had met at least one midwife caring for them during labour	38.2%	21.4%
% women left alone during labour	16.4%	20.5%
% women left alone shortly after the birth	10.0%	11.4%
% women left alone during labour or shortly after the birth	21.9%	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	76.0%	73.2%
% women giving birth off the bed or in water	19.4%	7.8%
% women who gave birth lying down	52.0%	56.6%

Interventions and clinical care

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Induction	Trust Average	English Average	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
% women given a choice on how their labour was induced	50.0%	56.6%
Days past term when inductions planned to take place	14 (Days)	12.7 (Days)
% women induced	13.7%	18.8%	1.8%	17.4%
% women whose labour was induced medically (surgically)	25.5%	25.2%
% inductions which lead to the successful onset of labour and vaginal delivery	64.4%	76.1%	68.2%	64.3%
% vaginal deliveries following induction which are assisted	28.9%	22.9%	26.7%	29.0%

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Vaginal birth	Trust Average	English Average	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
% women having vaginal birth	70.9%	76.1%	100.4%	62.4%
vbac (vaginal birth after caesarean) rate	6.7%	32.0%
% women with 'normal' vaginal birth (no induction or epidural)	50.4%	41.7%	98.4%	37.9%
% women with vaginal birth without instruments	58.2%	65.0%	99.3%	46.1%
% women having epidural pain relief for vaginal birth with instruments	34.9%	54.1%	0.0%	35.5%
% women with vaginal birth where ventouse or forceps used	18.0%	14.7%	1.1%	26.1%
% instrument births using ventouse	70.9%	61.1%	71.4%	70.9%

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Caesarean	Trust Average	English Average	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
% women having caesarean	29.1%	23.5%	0.0%	38.0%
% women having caesarean adjusted for age	25.6%	22.4%
% women having caesarean adjusted for age and ethnicity	22.4%	22.2%
vbac (vaginal birth after caesarean) rate	6.7%	32.0%
% emergency caesareans following previous caesarean	68.8%	21.8%
% of emergency caesareans undertaken within 30 minutes of decision	333.3%	92.8%
% caesareans which are non-elective	74.1%	59.0%		73.6%
% women under 35 having caesarean	26.2%	22.4%
% women over 35 having caesarean	38.8%	33.3%
% primips having caesarean	32.2%	24.1%	0.0%	39.2%
% multips having caesarean	28.1%	26.8%	0.0%	36.4%
% emergency caesareans for 2nd or subsequent child	16.9%	11.5%	0.0%	21.9%
% women having general anaesthestic for caesarean	2.8%	9.9%
% women having general anaesthestic for elective caesarean	0.4%	4.7%

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Breech babies	Trust Average	English Average
% women offered ECV for a breech	82.1%	58.3%
Babies turned using ECV	50.0%	41.2%
% singleton breech babies at 36 weeks where ECV attempted	54.7%	35.0%
% singleton breech deliveries which were diagnosed prior to labour	65.7%	19.5%
% singleton babies breech at term	2.7%	3.8%
% elective caesareans for breech prior to week 39	46.8%	42.2%
% singleton breech babies at term delivered by caesarean	66.9%	84.9%

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Problems immediately after the birth	Trust Average	English Average
Women per 1000 deliveries with eclampsia	3.1 (Number per 1000)	1.3 (Number per 1000)
% Women who delivered vaginally who had an episiotomy	15.3%	16.7%
% women who had an episiotomy or tear who received stitches in <1 hour	89.0%	87.4%
% women who had an episiotomy or tear who received stitches in <20 minutes	40.2%	57.7%
% Women from survey with 3rd or 4th degree perineal tear	11.0%	8.6%
% Women who delivered vaginally with 3rd or 4th degree perineal tear	2.2%	2.2%
% Women experiencing a primary postpartum haemorrhage (1000ml or more)	1.7%	3.3%
% Women with a primary postpartum haemorrhage of 2500ml or more	0.2%	0.2%
% women transferred to intensive care after a postpartum haemorrhage	3.6%	3.9%
Women per 1000 deliveries transferred to intensive care	2 (Number per 1000)	1.2 (Number per 1000)

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Hospital care	Trust Average	English Average	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
% women who considered their length of stay was about right	69.8%	72.3%
% women who considered their length of stay was too short	12.7%	13.1%
% women who considered their length of stay was too long	17.6%	14.7%
Average length of postnatal stay for normal delivery	5 (Days)	1.4 (Days)	1.0 (Days)	7 (Days)
Average length of stay for normal delivery -primip	3.5 (Days)	4.6 (Days)	2 (Days)	4.3 (Days)
Average length of stay for normal delivery - multip	6 (Days)	2.3 (Days)	0 (Days)	9 (Days)
Average length of postnatal stay for vaginal with intervention delivery	24.2 (Days)	2.3 (Days)		25 (Days)
Average length of stay for vaginal with intervention delivery - primip	15 (Days)	2.6 (Days)		15.2 (Days)
Average length of stay for vaginal with intervention delivery - multip	62 (Days)	4.4 (Days)		63 (Days)
Average length of postnatal stay for caesarean delivery	16 (Days)	3.4 (Days)		16 (Days)
Average length of stay for caesarean delivery - primip	10 (Days)	4.1 (Days)		10 (Days)
Average length of stay for caesarean delivery - multip	25.2 (Days)	4.2 (Days)		25.2 (Days)
% women who were given sufficient food	77.6%	77.3%

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Postnatal care at home	Trust Average	English Average
% women who were visited at home	97.3%	98.0%
Average age of baby at last midwife contact	16.2 (Days)	14.6 (Days)
% of women who would have liked more contact with midwife	33.0%	22.2%
Quality of transfer process to health visitor (score out of 5)	5 (Score out of 5)	4.4 (Score out of 5)
Quality of support in caring for the baby after discharge	64.4%	66.1%
Average number of contacts with midwife after going home	3.4	4.4
Planned postnatal contacts	19	5.5
% planned postnatal contacts by midwife	89.5%	83.4%
% planned postnatal contacts at home	21.1%	80.7%
Hours of availability of drop-in-clinics	45 (Hours per week)	21.1 (Hours per week)

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Health checks	Trust Average	English Average
% babies having statutory examination of newborn	100%	98.5%
% babies with baby check completed prior to discharge	99.1%	95.1%
% women receiving a postnatal check up of their own health (survey)	89.8%	88.1%
Women re-admitted within 2 weeks of discharge	3.4 (Number per 1000)	5.4 (Number per 1000)

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Infant feeding	Trust Average	English Average	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
% women who put their baby to their breast (survey)	90.8%	80.1%
% women who initiated breastfeeding	89.8%	67.4%	89.8%	89.8%
% women who breastfed (at least in part) in the first few days	88.2%	76.0%
% of women who reported good advice, help and support on infant feeding	59.1%	58.0%
% women who discussed breastfeeding with midwife during pregnancy	69.9%	77.4%

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Neonatal care	Trust Average	English Average	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Admissions to neonatal unit per 1000 babies born	218	102	550	136
% babies admitted to neonatal unit from survey	12.9%	10.4%
Tube feeding	No	60% Yes - 40%No	No	No
Phototherapy	Yes	99% Yes - 1%No	No	Yes
Intravenous antibiotics	Yes	57% Yes - 43%No	No	Yes
Other intravenous medicines	No	28% Yes - 72%No	No	No