Table 3 Quantitative rating sheet: strategies and feasibility
Strategies for enabling better access to maternity care | How would you prioritise these strategies? How feasible would it be to put this in place? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Very high | High | Medium | Low | Not a priority | Very feasible | Feasible | Some challenges | Very challenging | Impossible | |
A ‘preferred contacts’ screening list | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Staff who understand complex needs | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Access to specialist disability support | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
More frequent appointments | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Send out appointment reminders | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Non-judgemental staff attitude | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Staff listen to women’s past experiences | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Staff being supportive and available | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Seeing services closer to home | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Women coming prepared for appointments | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Family support | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
‘Having a laugh’ with staff | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Trusting relationship with practitioner | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Negotiate care decisions with women | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Access to specialist domestic abuse support | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Childcare arrangements to let women attend | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Provide information about domestic abuse to all women | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Accessing a formal/informal support group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Finding ways to see women without their partner | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Signposting and referral to other sources of help | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Demystify the role of social services | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Staff training in mental health issues | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Clear and appropriate information giving | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |