About maternity services
Queensland Health provides free access to a range of maternity services that provide mothers and people giving birth with care throughout pregnancy, during birth and in the postpartum period. This care includes ongoing health assessments and monitoring throughout the pregnancy, birth and postpartum period.
Perinatal reporting
To view more details about maternity services, births, babies, and other perinatal statistics, access perinatal reports and information.
Maternity services - Inform My Care
To find out more about the maternity services Queensland Health offers, including maternity wards and models of care, visit the Inform My Care website.
Birth activity
Mothers and people giving birth in Queensland hospitals can expect evidence-based and equitable maternity care at all stages of their pregnancy, birth and postpartum period. During this time, mothers and birthing people will be cared for by a variety of health practitioners including midwives and obstetricians and can also access shared care with their local general practitioner (GP).
Number of mothers/birthing people
Queensland Health reports the number of mothers/birthing people to understand the demand for maternity services.
We are working hard to report more data including information around the number of mothers/birthing people and the demand for maternity services. This information will be available in the coming weeks.
Number of babies born
Queensland Health captures the number of babies born in public hospitals across the state.
Antenatal appointment attendance performance
Antenatal appointments are optional but strongly recommended to see how the mother/person giving birth and baby are progressing at various stages during the pregnancy. Antenatal appointments help midwives and medical practitioners to provide relevant information to parents. This can assist in making decisions about pregnancy and birth, including decisions about blood and screening tests, and a preferred birthing choice.
It is clinically recommended that an expectant mother/birthing parent carrying a low-risk pregnancy should attend at least 5 antenatal visits before 32 weeks' gestation. Queensland Health report the percentage of mothers/birthing people that attend the recommended number of visits to monitor participation. The higher the percentage, the better the performance.
Last updated: August 2024