Gold Coast Birth Centre - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies

Indicator 3: Do women have a booking appointment by 18 weeks’ gestation
Gold standard care is defined as women having a booking appointment by 18 weeks’ gestation.
We asked: “How many weeks pregnant were you when you had your ‘booking’ appointment” 4
The graph displays the percentage of women who said that they had a booking appointment by 18 weeks’ gestation.
STATEWIDE PUBLIC
69
Gold Coast Hospital (n=291)
54
Gold Coast Birth Centre (n=26)
85
STATEWIDE PRIVATE
57
John Flynn Private Hospital (n=100)
69
Pindara Private Hospital (n=203)
77
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Best public hospital in Queensland:
Redland Hospital 88%
Best public birth centre in Queensland:
Gold Coast Birth Centre 85%
What do women say about their care
“Found [facility name] staff very welcoming and supportive
of all decisions. I was really impressed with the attention to
detail they went through on the first appointment, the
midwife went through the PHR book and asked all family
history etc. questions, rather than filing it out myself as I
had to do for previous pregnancy elsewhere.”
“Prepare yourself for long waits for your appointment and
never expect to see the same person twice”
Best private hospital in Queensland:
North West Private Hospital 90%
“I felt a bit rushed on both appointments during my
pregnancy”
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This data was collected in relation to women’s planned place of birth rather than their actual place of birth. Only a small proportion of women
sampled (less than 5%) indicated that their baby was not born at their planned place of birth. This proportion includes babies who were born
before arrival.
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