Healthcare Commission's Survey Results for
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

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South Devon Health Care NHS Trust
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Devon PCT

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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

74.3%

73.2%

% women always treated with understanding and respect during antenatal care

74.3%

73.2%

Women's satisfaction with their care during labour and birth

78.8%

76.8%

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

73.8%

73.4%

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

62.6%

60.2%

Women's satisfaction with their care after birth

70.9%

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

30.0%

18.8%

% of women who first see a GP

66.2%

78.3%

% women given a choice of where check ups took place

15.5%

23.5%

% antenatal appointments offered outside the main maternity unit

54.9%

66.5%

Target date (weeks gestation) for booking

8 (Weeks gestation)

9.8 (Weeks gestation)

Average number of weeks pregnant at booking appointment

10.3 (Weeks)

10.9 (Weeks)

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

7.4%

6.1%

% women receiving a copy of 'The Pregnancy Book'

77.1%

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

31.0%

34.1%

% women seeing only midwives / GPs for check ups

39.8%

40.4%

Time allocated for booking appointment(s)

30 (Minutes)

103 (Minutes)

Time allocated for routine antenatal check

15 (Minutes)

16.1 (Minutes)

Planned number of antenatal checks for primip

9

11.6

Average number of antenatal checks for primips

9

7.6

Planned number of antenatal checks for multip

7

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

69.4%

57.3%

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

33.3%

38.9%

Percent midwives sharing caseload

0.0%

30.4%

Percent midwives carrying own caseload

100%

23.7%

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Antenatal classes

Trust Average

English Average

% women attending NHS antenatal classes who wanted to

56.1%

58.3%

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

4.1%

3.4%

% women having first baby attending antenatal classes

74.4%

78.9%

% women whose partners were allowed to attend antenatal classes

97.1%

94.6%

% women who considered classes were at convenient location

91.0%

93.7%

% women who considered classes were at convenient time

86.8%

85.1%

% who considered content of classes appropriate

79.7%

79.6%

Length of antenatal classes (sessions)

5 (Hours)

4.2 (Hours)

% who considered classes were about right number

66.7%

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

4.2%

2.9%

Antenatal day attendances per delivery

 

1.3

% conditions where there is a specialist midwife

5.3%

22.7%

Average number of consultant attendances per booked women

 

2.3

% women referred to consultants in pregnancy (survey)

60.7%

59.9%

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

16.4%

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

 

70.2%

% women referred for specialist psychiatric care

 

3.9%

Ratio of antenatal attendances to antenatal admissions

 

2.5 (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

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

50.4%

70.4%

% women with reasons for dating scan clearly explained

65.6%

88.0%

% eligible women having dating scan

100%

93.2%

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Testing procedures

Trust Average

English Average

% women offered an informed choice for screening tests

64.4%

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

0.0%

79.5%

% women with reasons for 20 week scan clearly explained

90.9%

91.7%

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

76.4%

72.9%

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Screening

Trust Average

English Average

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

45.8%

87.9%

% women with reasons for Downs syndrome screening clearly explained

48.8%

89.2%

% women eligible for amniocentesis or CVS who were tested

100%

63.3%

% women having CVS of those having amniocentesis or CVS

51.3%

23.7%

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

100%

93.1%

% eligible women offered Rubella testing

 

98.6%

% eligible women tested for Rubella

 

95.0%

% eligible woman offered fetal anomaly scan

 

97.1%

% eligible woman having fetal anomaly scan

 

94.8%

Attributes checked in fetal anomaly scan (max 11)

11

10.5

% women having both NT and blood test (survey)

26.5%

24.9%

% women having blood test only (survey)

55.1%

58.8%

% women having NT test only (survey)

18.4%

16.3%

% eligible women offered Hepatitis B testing

 

98.6%

% eligible women tested for Hepatitis B

 

95.4%

% eligible women offered HIV testing

 

98.3%

% eligible women tested for HIV

 

92.3%

% eligible women offered Syphilis testing

 

98.6%

% eligible women tested for Syphilis

 

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

66.5%

74.7%

% women having vaginal birth

74.8%

76.1%

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

39.5%

38.4%

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

 

41.7%

% women given the choice of a home birth

51.7%

47.6%

% women with vaginal birth without instruments

61.3%

65.0%

% women not offered home birth because of medical reasons

23.9%

14.8%

Number of home births

139

114

% home births

2.6%

2.3%

% home births which were planned for home

95.8%

85.6%

% home deliveries which were for primips

 

20.1%

% births in GP or midwife led unit

0.0%

5.8%

Number of deliveries in obstetric units

4353

3843

% births in consultant led unit

96.9%

91.4%

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Pain relief

Trust Average

English Average

% women who got the pain relief they wanted

78.7%

77.5%

Birthing pools per 1000 deliveries

0.2

0.5

% women using birthing pool who deliver in pool

 

53.3%

Average number of deliveries utilising birthing pool

 

17.6 (Number per month)

Midwives trained to deliver in birthing pools per pool

 

45.2

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

39.4%

58.7%

% women having at most painkiller for vaginal birth without instruments

75.2%

83.4%

% women using medication (beyond Entonox) as pain relief

66.7%

51.3%

% women having epidural pain relief for unassisted vaginal birth

20.7%

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

18.7%

19.8%

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

15.8%

21.4%

% women left alone during labour

16.6%

20.5%

% women left alone shortly after the birth

9.0%

11.4%

% women left alone during labour or shortly after the birth

22.3%

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

69.2%

73.2%

% women giving birth off the bed or in water

3.6%

7.8%

% women who gave birth lying down

62.4%

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

64.6%

56.6%

Days past term when inductions planned to take place

12 (Days)

12.7 (Days)

% women induced

20.9%

18.8%

% women whose labour was induced medically (surgically)

24.7%

25.2%

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

79.9%

76.1%

% vaginal deliveries following induction which are assisted

6.1%

22.9%

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Vaginal birth

Trust Average

English Average

% women having vaginal birth

74.8%

76.1%

vbac (vaginal birth after caesarean) rate

 

32.0%

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

 

41.7%

% women with vaginal birth without instruments

61.3%

65.0%

% women having epidural pain relief for vaginal birth with instruments

57.6%

54.1%

% women with vaginal birth where ventouse or forceps used

18.1%

14.7%

% instrument births using ventouse

75.8%

61.1%

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Caesarean

Trust Average

English Average

% women having caesarean

20.7%

23.5%

% women having caesarean adjusted for age

20.1%

22.4%

% women having caesarean adjusted for age and ethnicity

20.3%

22.2%

vbac (vaginal birth after caesarean) rate

 

32.0%

% emergency caesareans following previous caesarean

 

21.8%

% of emergency caesareans undertaken within 30 minutes of decision

 

92.8%

% caesareans which are non-elective

67.5%

59.0%

% women under 35 having caesarean

19.0%

22.4%

% women over 35 having caesarean

26.2%

33.3%

% primips having caesarean

 

24.1%

% multips having caesarean

 

26.8%

% emergency caesareans for 2nd or subsequent child

 

11.5%

% women having general anaesthestic for caesarean

8.6%

9.9%

% women having general anaesthestic for elective caesarean

24.8%

4.7%

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Breech babies

Trust Average

English Average

% women offered ECV for a breech

 

58.3%

Babies turned using ECV

43.6%

41.2%

% singleton breech babies at 36 weeks where ECV attempted

 

35.0%

% singleton breech deliveries which were diagnosed prior to labour

 

19.5%

% singleton babies breech at term

 

3.8%

% elective caesareans for breech prior to week 39

100%

42.2%

% singleton breech babies at term delivered by caesarean

 

84.9%

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Problems immediately after the birth

Trust Average

English Average

Women per 1000 deliveries with eclampsia

 

1.3 (Number per 1000)

% Women who delivered vaginally who had an episiotomy

 

16.7%

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

91.8%

87.4%

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

70.1%

57.7%

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

4.1%

8.6%

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

 

2.2%

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

 

3.3%

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

 

0.2%

% women transferred to intensive care after a postpartum haemorrhage

 

3.9%

Women per 1000 deliveries transferred to intensive care

 

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

74.1%

72.3%

% women who considered their length of stay was too short

5.6%

13.1%

% women who considered their length of stay was too long

20.3%

14.7%

Average length of postnatal stay for normal delivery

 

1.4 (Days)

Average length of stay for normal delivery -primip

 

4.6 (Days)

Average length of stay for normal delivery - multip

 

2.3 (Days)

Average length of postnatal stay for vaginal with intervention delivery

 

2.3 (Days)

Average length of stay for vaginal with intervention delivery - primip

 

2.6 (Days)

Average length of stay for vaginal with intervention delivery - multip

 

4.4 (Days)

Average length of postnatal stay for caesarean delivery

 

3.4 (Days)

Average length of stay for caesarean delivery - primip

 

4.1 (Days)

Average length of stay for caesarean delivery - multip

 

4.2 (Days)

% women who were given sufficient food

79.6%

77.3%

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Postnatal care at home

Trust Average

English Average

% women who were visited at home

98.6%

98.0%

Average age of baby at last midwife contact

15.2 (Days)

14.6 (Days)

% of women who would have liked more contact with midwife

13.1%

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

67.3%

66.1%

Average number of contacts with midwife after going home

5

4.4

Planned postnatal contacts

5

5.5

% planned postnatal contacts by midwife

80.0%

83.4%

% planned postnatal contacts at home

100%

80.7%

Hours of availability of drop-in-clinics

0 (Hours per week)

21.1 (Hours per week)

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Health checks

Trust Average

English Average

% babies having statutory examination of newborn

 

98.5%

% babies with baby check completed prior to discharge

98.5%

95.1%

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

90.3%

88.1%

Women re-admitted within 2 weeks of discharge

5.4 (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)

77.2%

80.1%

% women who initiated breastfeeding

66.0%

67.4%

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

75.8%

76.0%

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

58.9%

58.0%

% women who discussed breastfeeding with midwife during pregnancy

81.3%

77.4%

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Neonatal care

Trust Average

English Average

Admissions to neonatal unit per 1000 babies born

93

102

% babies admitted to neonatal unit from survey

9.8%

10.4%

Tube feeding

Yes

60% Yes - 40%No

Phototherapy

Yes

99% Yes - 1%No

Intravenous antibiotics

No

57% Yes - 43%No

Other intravenous medicines

No

28% Yes - 72%No