Proserpine Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Proserpine Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
Proserpine Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies
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Indicator 12: Are women’s support people made to feel welcome after birth<br />
Gold standard care is defined as women feeling that all of their support people are made to feel welcome after birth.<br />
We asked women: “Were all of your support people (e.g. partner, husband, companion) made to feel welcome ... after your<br />
birth”<br />
The graph displays the percentages of women who said that all of their support people were made to feel welcome after birth. 6<br />
STATEWIDE PUBLIC<br />
95<br />
Mackay Base <strong>Hospital</strong> (n=95)<br />
93<br />
Mackay Birth <strong>Centre</strong> (n=14)<br />
100<br />
<strong>Proserpine</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> (n=35)<br />
100<br />
STATEWIDE PRIVATE<br />
98<br />
Mater Misericordiae <strong>Hospital</strong> Mackay (n=121)<br />
98<br />
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100<br />
Best public hospitals in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Biloela <strong>Hospital</strong> 100%<br />
Dalby <strong>Hospital</strong> 100%<br />
Goondiwindi <strong>Hospital</strong> 100%<br />
Kingaroy Health Service 100%<br />
Mt Isa <strong>Hospital</strong>* 100%<br />
<strong>Proserpine</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> 100%<br />
Stanthorpe <strong>Hospital</strong> 100%<br />
Best public birth centres in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Gold Coast Birth <strong>Centre</strong> 100%<br />
Mackay Birth <strong>Centre</strong> 100%<br />
Townsville Birth <strong>Centre</strong> 100%<br />
Best private hospitals in <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />
Mater Misericordiae <strong>Hospital</strong> Gladstone 100%<br />
Mater <strong>Mothers</strong>’ Private Redland 100%<br />
Sunshine Coast Private <strong>Hospital</strong> 100%<br />
What do women say about their care<br />
“Your partner and family are educated and involved in the birthing<br />
process, and you are able to stay as a family unit once the baby<br />
arrives which helps with bonding.”<br />
“Considering when I gave birth my husband should have been able to<br />
stay, especially as he was fatigued and it was a difficult and traumatic<br />
birth…It was very dangerous <strong>for</strong> him to drive home and he was<br />
<strong>for</strong>ced to by the hospital.”<br />
“Excellent, having your husband stay with you at the hospital made it<br />
all the less stressful and helped create the right environment.”<br />
“I found it really disheartening that I wasn't allowed to have anyone<br />
stay with me the first night. I wasn't able to care <strong>for</strong> my baby as he<br />
was in the special care nursery and I really would have appreciated<br />
the support as I felt quite down.”<br />
“My husband was able to stay at the hospital…after the birth. This<br />
was a huge relief as he was invaluable in helping me to care <strong>for</strong> our<br />
baby after having had a c-section…having him there really cut down<br />
the requirement of the nurses to care <strong>for</strong> me and my baby.”<br />
6<br />
Note, that this does not necessarily include being made to feel welcome overnight.<br />
* Denotes a response rate of less than 25%<br />
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