Healthcare Commission's Maternity Services Performance Scores for Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust

A detailed report on Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust can be downloaded from the Healthcare Commission's own website.

Scores range from 1 (poorer performing) through 3 (average) to 5 (better perfoming).

This trust has been rated by the Healthcare Commission as: Least well performing

This trust

The average of 5 nearby* trusts

Clinical Focus Score

2.8

2.8

Women not receiving NICE recommended number of antenatal appointments

2

3.0

Availability of NICE recommended screening

5

3.0

Appropriate use of caesarean sections

1

2.4

Maternal morbidity

3

2.8

Postnatal care of women and babies

3

2.4

Progress on implementing Mental Health NICE guidance

2

3.0

Extent that staff are trained in core maternity skills

4

2.2

Teamworking and supervision

2

3.6

Women Centred Care Score

2.6

2.8

Average time between first making contact and booking appointment

3

3.2

Choice and continuity for antenatal care

3

3.0

% of women offered an informed choice for screening tests

2

2.8

% of women attending NHS antenatal classes who wanted to

3

2.6

Extent of choice in labour

1

3.0

Support for infant feeding

3

2.6

Quality of support in caring for the baby after discharge

2

2.6

Stakeholder involvement in service planning and evaluation

4

2.8

Efficiency and Capability Score

2.2

2.7

Staffing levels

2

2.6

Integration of support workers

3

3.6

Average cost per delivery

3

2.8

Delivery of hospital based antenatal care

2

2.4

Data quality

2

2.8

Appropriate involvement of obstetricians and midwives in antenatal care

2

3.0

% of women who considered their length of stay was about right

1

2.4

Homeliness of delivery rooms

3

2.0

Women’s view of cleanliness of delivery and postnatal areas

2

2.4

*Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust