Table.
Facilities by region in 1997 and 1993.1 Values are numbers (percentages) of maternity units
| Northern and Yorkshire | West Midlands | North West | Trent | Anglia and Oxford | South and West* | North Thames | South Thames | Wales | Northern Ireland | Scotland | United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total No of maternity units | 1993 | 36 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 260 |
| 1997 | 29 | 19 | 31 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 26 | 259 | |
| Participating maternity units | 1993 | 36 (100) | 20 (95) | 26 (93) | 15 (94) | 18 (100) | 19 (90) | 27 (90) | 29 (91) | 17 (100) | 17 (100) | 24 (100) | 248 (95) |
| 1997 | 29 (100) | 19 (100) | 31 (100) | 18 (100) | 20 (100) | 23 (100) | 31 (100) | 32 (100) | 16 (100) | 14 (100) | 26 (100) | 259 (100) | |
| Acute hospital on site | 1993 | 31 (86) | 20 (100) | 23 (88) | 14 (93) | 16 (89) | 17 (89) | 21 (78) | 26 (90) | 14 (82) | 16 (94) | 15 (63) | 213 (86) |
| 1997 | 25 (86) | 18 (95) | 26 (84) | 17 (94) | 20 (100) | 23 (100) | 29 (94) | 30 (94) | 16 (100) | 12 (86) | 19 (73) | 235 (91) | |
| Intensive care unit on site | 1993 | 29 (81) | 17 (85) | 19 (73) | 11 (73) | 16 (89) | 14 (74) | 21 (78) | 24 (83) | 13 (76) | 11 (65) | 13 (54) | 188 (76) |
| 1997 | 23 (79) | 16 (84) | 23 (74) | 16 (89) | 18 (90) | 21 (91) | 26 (84) | 27 (84) | 13 (81) | 10 (71) | 13 (50) | 206 (80) | |
| Blood bank on site | 1993 | 31 (86) | 20 (100) | 22 (85) | 13 (87) | 16 (89) | 16 (84) | 23 (85) | 26 (90) | 15 (88) | 15 (88) | 19 (79) | 216 (87) |
| 1997 | 28 (97) | 19 (100) | 29 (94) | 18 (100) | 19 (95) | 23 (100) | 29 (94) | 32 (100) | 16 (100) | 12 (86) | 24 (92) | 249 (96) | |
| Eclampsia protocol available | 1993 | 33 (92) | 19 (95) | 26 (100) | 13 (87) | 17 (94) | 18 (95) | 27 (100) | 26 (90) | 17 (100) | 11 (65) | 18 (75) | 225 (91) |
| 1997 | 28 (97) | 17 (89) | 29 (94) | 17 (94) | 20 (100) | 23 (100) | 28 (90) | 30 (94) | 16 (100) | 12 (86) | 23 (88) | 243 (94) | |
| Haemorrhage protocol available | 1993 | 32 (89) | 17 (85) | 25 (96) | 11 (73) | 15 (83) | 18 (95) | 25 (93) | 27 (93) | 15 (88) | 4 (24) | 15 (63) | 204 (82) |
| 1997 | 29 (100) | 17 (89) | 29 (94) | 16 (89) | 20 (100) | 21 (91) | 26 (84) | 28 (88) | 16 (100) | 13 (93) | 25 (96) | 240 (93) | |
| Cochrane Library available† | 1997 | 27 (93) | 18 (95) | 27 (87) | 18 (100) | 18 (90) | 23 (100) | 28 (90) | 31 (97) | 14 (88) | 10 (71) | 25 (96) | 239 (92) |
*
Includes Channel Islands. †Not audited in 1993.