BARNSLEY Hospital's maternity services have been rated highly, according to a new survey.
Patients were asked questions about three areas of care - labour and birth, staff, and care in hospital after the birth as part of the 2013 Maternity Services Survey, run by the Care Quality Commission.
Responses were received from 142 patients. The hospital was then scored out of 10 for each question.
The results show that patients rate the hospital particularly highly on aspects such as being given skin to skin contact with their baby shortly after birth (9.5 out of 10), and having their partner involved as much as they wanted (9.3 out of 10).
Overall, the hospital scored 8.6 out of 10 in the ‘labour and birth’ category, 8.5 out of 10 for ‘staff’ and 8.1 out of 10 for ‘care in hospital after the birth’.
The results meant that Barnsley Hospital received the highest scores overall out of the hospitals in South Yorkshire that participated.
Sue Gibson, Head of Midwifery, said: "These are pleasing results that show that patients think highly of the services we provide here in Barnsley.
"We work extremely hard to ensure that patients are given the best experience possible in our maternity services, and this is reflected in the results."
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