Healthcare Commission's Maternity Services Performance Scores for Hinchingbrooke Health care NHS Trust

A detailed report on Hinchingbrooke Health care 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: Better performing

This trust

The average of 5 nearby* trusts

Clinical Focus Score

3.4

3.0

Women not receiving NICE recommended number of antenatal appointments

4

3.2

Availability of NICE recommended screening

4

3.2

Appropriate use of caesarean sections

3

3.0

Maternal morbidity

4

2.8

Postnatal care of women and babies

3

3.2

Progress on implementing Mental Health NICE guidance

3

2.8

Extent that staff are trained in core maternity skills

3

2.4

Teamworking and supervision

3

3.2

Women Centred Care Score

3.5

3.2

Average time between first making contact and booking appointment

4

3.8

Choice and continuity for antenatal care

3

3.8

% of women offered an informed choice for screening tests

5

3.6

% of women attending NHS antenatal classes who wanted to

3

2.8

Extent of choice in labour

4

3.4

Support for infant feeding

3

2.8

Quality of support in caring for the baby after discharge

3

3.0

Stakeholder involvement in service planning and evaluation

3

2.4

Efficiency and Capability Score

2.7

3.0

Staffing levels

3

3.2

Integration of support workers

3

2.8

Average cost per delivery

3

3.0

Delivery of hospital based antenatal care

2

3.6

Data quality

3

3.2

Appropriate involvement of obstetricians and midwives in antenatal care

3

3.0

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

2

2.8

Homeliness of delivery rooms

2

2.0

Women’s view of cleanliness of delivery and postnatal areas

3

3.0

*Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust