Maternity Care Survey 2025: national report
Findings on women's experiences of antenatal care, labour and birth, care in hospital or a midwife-led unit, care in a neonatal unit, care at home / in the community and feeding their baby.
Overall care
Respondents were asked to provide an overall rating for each stage of their maternity care and, where received, neonatal care.
Figure 1: Between 2018 and 2025, the percentage of women rating their overall care as “good” or “excellent” has remained stable for all stages of care except care during labour and birth where it has decreased slightly.
Percentage of women who rated their overall care for each stage of care as “good” or “excellent”, 2018 and 2025, weighted percentages.
Notes:
If there is no difference or the difference is not statistically significant at the 5% level, the change from 2018 has been defined as ‘no change.’
Where a direction of change has been indicated, the change is statistically significant at the 5% level.
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