Table 4.

Postnatal care of women following term and preterm birth

	Gestation at birth
	<32 weeks		32–36 weeks		37 or more weeks		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
Woman visited at home by midwife**
Yes	25	64.1	217	91.9	4027	97.7	4269	97.1
Saw midwife in clinic	4	10.3	8	3.4	69	1.7	81	1.8
Not offered visit	5	12.8	4	1.7	9	0.2	18	0.4
Moved house	1	2.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0
No, other reason†	4	10.3	7	3.0	18	0.4	29	0.7
Woman had confidence and trust in midwives seen after going home
Always	18	69.2	143	65.0	2815	68.8	2976	68.6
Sometimes	5	19.2	62	28.2	1102	26.9	1169	27.0
Rarely	1	3.8	9	4.1	124	3.0	134	3.1
Never	2	7.7	6	2.7	49	1.2	57	1.3
Woman would have liked to have seen postnatal midwives…*
More often	6	18.2	57	25.1	946	23.3	1009	23.4
Less often	2	6.1	14	6.2	202	5.0	218	5.1
Saw as much as wanted	25	75.8	156	68.7	2906	71.7	3087	71.6
Since birth, used…
Baby clinic	8	19.0	69	28.4	1273	30.5	1350	30.3
Drop-in clinic**	5	11.9	72	29.6	1507	36.1	1584	35.5
Children's centre**	6	14.3	84	34.6	1551	37.1	1641	36.8
Parents' group	6	14.3	31	12.8	452	10.8	489	11.0
Peer support	10	23.8	62	25.5	1336	32.0	1408	31.6
Postnatal classes	1	2.4	15	6.2	264	6.3	280	6.3
Baby café	1	2.4	8	3.3	227	5.4	236	5.3
Online support	9	21.4	67	27.6	1189	28.5	1265	28.4
Parenting website*	11	26.2	70	28.8	1545	37.0	1626	36.4

*p<0.05 **p<0.01.

†Mainly included women whose baby was still in hospital.