Gold Coast Birth Centre - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Gold Coast Birth Centre - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Gold Coast Birth Centre - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
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Indicator 4: Do women receive a home visit or telephone call within 10 days of<br />
discharge<br />
According to the <strong>Queensland</strong> Health Universal Postnatal Contact Initiative, gold standard care is defined as women being<br />
contacted by a care provider (either by telephone or by home visit) within 7-10 days of discharge from hospital.<br />
We asked: “In the first 10 days of being at home with your baby, did any of the following happen...” Women could indicate that<br />
they were telephoned by a midwife or nurse and/or received a home visit from a midwife or nurse, or that they were not<br />
contacted by a midwife or nurse.<br />
The graph displays the percentage of women who said they were telephoned by a midwife or nurse and/or received a home visit<br />
from a midwife or nurse, as well as the percentage of women who received neither a telephone call nor a home visit, in the first<br />
10 days of being at home. Three shades of red are used in the graph to represent the different types of gold standard care<br />
reported by women.<br />
Visit and call Visit only Call only Neither visit nor call<br />
STATEWIDE PUBLIC<br />
37<br />
30<br />
19<br />
14<br />
<strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Hospital (n=342)<br />
34<br />
56<br />
6<br />
4<br />
<strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Birth</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> (n=28)<br />
43<br />
57<br />
STATEWIDE PRIVATE<br />
2<br />
5<br />
15<br />
78<br />
John Flynn Private Hospital (n=105)<br />
6<br />
13<br />
11<br />
70<br />
Pindara Private Hospital (n=237)<br />
1<br />
4<br />
95<br />
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100<br />
Best public hospital in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Redcliffe Hospital 99%<br />
Best public birth centres in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
<strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Birth</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> 100%<br />
Mackay <strong>Birth</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> 100%<br />
Townsville <strong>Birth</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> 100%<br />
Best private hospital in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
North West Private Hospital 63%<br />
What do women say about their care<br />
“The pre and post birth support (midwife visits to your<br />
home <strong>for</strong> up to six weeks following bub’s arrival) meant<br />
that we have experienced a completely smooth and<br />
happy transition of our bub into our lives and home. The<br />
guidance and support provided by [model of care] during<br />
the pregnancy and post birth left us confident and able<br />
first time parents”<br />
“I wish I had more access to aftercare <strong>for</strong> my baby…A<br />
child health care nurse that you could contact, go and<br />
see or have visit me in my own home. May have helped<br />
settle my new baby quicker, in that I would have had<br />
answers sooner.”<br />
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