Humber Acute Services Programme - North Lincs and Goole Maternity Voices

We Asked

What the potential impacts would be on women and birthing people from Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole areas if maternity and neonatal services at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby and Scunthorpe General Hospital were provided differently in the future. 

Throughout February – July 2023 we visited children’s centres and antenatal clinics to speak with new and expectant families and spoke with 44 new and expectant parents.

You Said

When asked where they were planning on giving birth, 85% of respondents (17) said they were planning to give birth at the hospital closest to their home address (Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby or Scunthorpe General Hospital).

Overall, women from North Lincolnshire and Goole said that they would prefer to give birth at Scunthorpe General Hospital and women from North East Lincolnshire said they would prefer to give birth at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby.

3 women said they would prefer to give birth at home

We then asked what the impacts would be to people and their families if they were for any reason unable to give birth at Scunthorpe General Hospital or Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby in the future.

Below are the key themes from the feedback we received:

• Increased travel 
• Caring responsibilities
• Choice
• Safety/experience

We Did

The feedback we have gathered throughout our engagement with women and birthing people will be used to update the Programme’s Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) and help decision-makers see how different options could affect different groups of people and communities.

Along with our Pre-Consultation Business Case (PCBC) the IIA will form part of the final assurance that we need to go to formal public consultation.