Healthcare Commission's Maternity Services Performance Scores for Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust

A detailed report on Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals 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

3.3

3.4

Women not receiving NICE recommended number of antenatal appointments

3

4.2

Availability of NICE recommended screening

3

2.8

Appropriate use of caesarean sections

2

3.2

Maternal morbidity

4

4.2

Postnatal care of women and babies

4

3.8

Progress on implementing Mental Health NICE guidance

2

2.4

Extent that staff are trained in core maternity skills

3

2.8

Teamworking and supervision

5

3.6

Women Centred Care Score

2.4

3.0

Average time between first making contact and booking appointment

3

3.0

Choice and continuity for antenatal care

4

2.8

% of women offered an informed choice for screening tests

2

3.4

% of women attending NHS antenatal classes who wanted to

3

2.8

Extent of choice in labour

2

3.4

Support for infant feeding

1

2.6

Quality of support in caring for the baby after discharge

2

3.4

Stakeholder involvement in service planning and evaluation

2

2.4

Efficiency and Capability Score

2.8

3.3

Staffing levels

3

3.6

Integration of support workers

3

2.4

Average cost per delivery

2

3.0

Delivery of hospital based antenatal care

4

3.0

Data quality

2

3.2

Appropriate involvement of obstetricians and midwives in antenatal care

3

3.2

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

1

3.6

Homeliness of delivery rooms

4

3.6

Women’s view of cleanliness of delivery and postnatal areas

3

4.4

*Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust