Healthcare Commission's Maternity Services Performance Scores for Medway NHS Trust

A detailed report on Medway 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: Fair performing

This trust

The average of 5 nearby* trusts

Clinical Focus Score

3.0

3.0

Women not receiving NICE recommended number of antenatal appointments

3

3.6

Availability of NICE recommended screening

2

3.4

Appropriate use of caesarean sections

2

3.0

Maternal morbidity

3

3.0

Postnatal care of women and babies

3

2.8

Progress on implementing Mental Health NICE guidance

1

2.6

Extent that staff are trained in core maternity skills

5

3.6

Teamworking and supervision

5

2.2

Women Centred Care Score

2.8

2.9

Average time between first making contact and booking appointment

3

2.4

Choice and continuity for antenatal care

3

4.0

% of women offered an informed choice for screening tests

3

2.8

% of women attending NHS antenatal classes who wanted to

3

2.6

Extent of choice in labour

4

2.6

Support for infant feeding

3

2.6

Quality of support in caring for the baby after discharge

2

3.0

Stakeholder involvement in service planning and evaluation

1

3.0

Efficiency and Capability Score

3.1

2.9

Staffing levels

2

3.2

Integration of support workers

3

3.4

Average cost per delivery

4

2.6

Delivery of hospital based antenatal care

4

3.8

Data quality

2

2.6

Appropriate involvement of obstetricians and midwives in antenatal care

3

2.4

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

3

3.0

Homeliness of delivery rooms

4

3.0

Women’s view of cleanliness of delivery and postnatal areas

3

2.4

*Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, Maidstone and Tunbridge wells NHS Trust, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust