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 19: Do women make in<strong>for</strong>med decisions about fetal monitoring 12<br />
<strong>Gold</strong> standard care is defined as women feeling that they made an in<strong>for</strong>med decision about how their baby would be monitored<br />
during labour (that is, the pros and cons were discussed and they decided from all their available options).<br />
We asked women who had fetal monitoring during labour: “Did your maternity care provider(s) discuss with you the pros and<br />
cons (benefits and risks) of monitoring and not monitoring your baby” and “Who made the decision if/how your baby was<br />
monitored”<br />
The graph displays the percentage of women who said they made an in<strong>for</strong>med decision to have fetal monitoring during labour.<br />
STATEWIDE PUBLIC<br />
9<br />
<strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Hospital (n=123)<br />
7<br />
<strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Birth</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> (n=6)<br />
Insufficient data<br />
STATEWIDE PRIVATE<br />
8<br />
John Flynn Private Hospital (n=29)<br />
3<br />
Pindara Private Hospital (n=78)<br />
10<br />
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100<br />
Best public hospital in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Caboolture Hospital 18%<br />
Best public birth centre in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Royal Brisbane and Women’s <strong>Birth</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> 32%<br />
Best private hospital in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Nambour Selangor Private Hospital 17%<br />
What do women say about their care<br />
“I was extremely well supported and fully in<strong>for</strong>med. My<br />
decisions were always respected even when they were in<br />
conflict with hospital policies (i.e. continual monitoring was<br />
rejected in early labour).”<br />
“Was very disappointed with the lack of in<strong>for</strong>mation during<br />
labour…On arrival I was given a room put onto a bed and<br />
strapped up to monitors around my belly and was left like<br />
this <strong>for</strong> my whole time in labour at hospital. I was never told<br />
why I was strapped up as there were no complications and<br />
I didn't even know why I wasn't allowed to move as this<br />
made my labour my painful having to stay on the bed.”<br />
12<br />
Insufficient data <strong>for</strong> Atherton Hospital, Biloela Hospital, Dalby Hospital, <strong>Gold</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Birth</strong> <strong>Centre</strong>, Goondiwindi Hospital, Innisfail Hospital,<br />
Mackay <strong>Birth</strong> <strong>Centre</strong>, Mareeba Hospital, Stanthorpe Hospital, Townsville <strong>Birth</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> and Warwick Hospital.<br />
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