On the news today they were talking about the under staffed maternity units and lack of care in the UK.

I was wondering how everyone was feeling about their care, whether you're expecting or have just had a baby. Especially if you're under one of the worse performing hospitals which are Bradford Teaching Hospital, Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care NHS Trust, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust, Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust & pretty much all of the London NHS Hospitals.

I'm under a hospital which isn't doing too badly - the James Paget Hospital but will be moving to Norfolk & Norwich University hospital which also is doing fairly well at the moment but honestly the biggest thing that scares me about the birth is how good the care will be at the hospital. The idea of being left alone in labour and not being monitored well is very scary.

hi anita665.

your near me. im living inbetween dereham and swaffham.
the hospital im going to is queen elizabeth hospital in kings lynn.
im not looking forward to going into hospital to start off with(just dont like hospitals) and then this news comes out.
im dreading it to be honest.

atleast we both know that the hospitals we are going to arnt too bad.they could be worse.

I'll be going to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee (NHS Tayside).
My advantage is the next day after delivery i'll be able to come back to Montrose and stay a few days at the midwife led maternity unit.
That's what I did with Rachel although I stayed at the matty unit for 5 days, they couldn't get rid of me.

I've not heard anything negative about Ninewells, only that it's like a production line, but I would feel more safer actually delivering the baby there just in case.

Thats cool!! I used to live in Dereham and we plan to move back there before baby is born to be closer to my family. There or Norwich anyway.

mine isnt too bad either, not the best im just greatful we have the NHS.

how weird living near each other.
hows your pregnancy going?
ive lived in norwich,dereham,swaffham. every where really.
amy x x

It's going fine thanks.

We've probably seen each other in the street many times before then but don't even know it. I worked in the local (Threshers) in Dereham for quite a while.

no sorry i cant say ive been into threshers. but yes we could of walked past each other.who knows! x

i'm happy with all the care i'm getting so far

My care was fine APART from one silly bitch when I was 7-8cm in the corridoor, massive contractions and crying because she said "We have nowhere to put you, we don't know what to do" then had the cheek to say "we can't even have our christmas lunch now, because it's too busy..." I wanted to hit her lol.