OMG look if you DARE - how does your maternity hospital rate?

[PaulaYatesBiggestFan]

mine is FAIR

As is mine - but I knew that after the experience I had there.

Mine is Least Well, but I knew that already. Me and dd are lucky to be here.

says Least Well for where I had DS2 & 3. But tbh - although DS2's left something to be desired, I have NO complaints about DS3's birth - they were absolutely AMAZING.

mine is least well but the service I have had with the scans and midwife appointments has been very good. So would be interesting to see how they got the results

i am not sue whether to change

i weigh up the maternity care with special care pediatric unit and go with what i think would be best - in case something went wrong - would not want baby moved....

So Scotland not worth a look then BBC?

my 3 nearest are all Least Well - something to look forward to for when I finally get pregnant

i am wondering if the big city hospitals are the low scorers?

The one that I had DS in is best, it was brand new renovated when I had him.

paula - i was just thinking how bad ratingd for the london ones are.

think the criteria should be explained a lot better. could mean anything...

least well,

Ours got 'best performing' despite scoring 2 out of 5 for staffing levels and 3 out of 5 for availability of screening. If those marks put it in the highest category I shudder to think what the least-well performing are like. The bar doesn't sound set very high does it?

Maybe the questionnaire says - was a midwife available to assist you? If yes, please answer remaining questions. If no, thank you but we won't be using your results in this survey.

mine is fair too. Doesn't fill me with hope.

Mine says 'better' and ours is awful

well another hospital nearer us is judged 'better' and my nurse friend said to me 'do NOT' go there and recommended 'fair' where i have been before

fair - was for me - some AMAZING care - some not so hot -and most notably for me dirty- proper dirty!

Best - and I totally agree. Apart from one dodgy midwife last time, they were excellent. Frimley Park by the way.

The hospital where I had the boys is "Least well".

Personally, I had to excellent births there, but I know other people who have had appalling experiences.

I know for a fact (because I'm on an MSLC subgroup and go to main meetings when I can) that there's a very great desire to make things better, which fills me with hope.

Ours is 'least well', i.e. crap, which would surprise no-one round here. There's another hospital in driving distance and hey, guess what? That's 'least well' too! Great!

It doesn't list my house

Only kidding. Ds1's hospital is 'fair', which sounds about right.

BearMama -- the Healthcare Commission, who did the assessment, are only responsible for England. For Scotland you want NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, who did something similar a year ago (see details here, so doesn't strictly count as "news". It's not entirely fair to get angry with the BBC for that...

"Least well" -- all three of my options!

Wellt ehre's no welsh hospitals in that doc, but the one that almost killed ds1 and I, and did kill a friends baby (theya dmitted it, its OK, no threat of lawsuits!)- rated as better.

[hmmmm] Okaaaay

hmm we really need to know what the 25 indicators of performance are!

Mine says better? Im not sure if i beleive that though. I think its shite

Mine is fair.

That is about right too I would say.