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Maternity services in North East and Yorkshire

20 NHS trusts in North East and Yorkshire with their hospital maternity units: CQC’s rating, what women said about the staff who cared for them in labour, and how many gave birth in July 2026. England’s CQC score was 8.4 out of 10.

The CQC score comes from women who gave birth in February 2025: kindness, respect, being listened to, help when you needed it, staff working well together and not being left alone when worried.

NHS trusts in North East and Yorkshire

Highest CQC score first for “Staff caring for you in labour”, from the Maternity Survey. Neighbouring trusts are often only a fraction of a point apart, well within the survey’s margin: CQC’s own comparison, beside each one, is what tells trusts apart. We do not grade maternity care: we show CQC’s ratings, CQC’s survey scores and NHS England’s figures for births. Trusts care for different women: a specialist unit takes the most complex pregnancies from a wide area, so a figure on its own says little about the care.

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
9.2/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 125 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: much better than expected.
Women who gave birth
220
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (Queen Elizabeth Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
9.0/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 150 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: better than expected.
Women who gave birth
170
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (Cumberland Infirmary); Good (Penrith Community Hospital); Good (West Cumberland Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.9/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 127 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: better than expected.
Women who gave birth
260
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Requires improvement (Royal Victoria Infirmary).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.9/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 114 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: better than expected.
Women who gave birth
200
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (Rotherham General Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.8/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 119 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
370
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Requires improvement (Friarage Hospital); Requires improvement (The James Cook University Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.7/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 98 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
140
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Requires improvement (Airedale General Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.7/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 155 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
390
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Requires improvement (Jessop Wing); Outstanding (Royal Hallamshire Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.7/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 115 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
295
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (South Tyneside District Hospital); Requires improvement (Sunderland Royal Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.6/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 132 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
125
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (Harrogate District Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.6/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 221 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
635
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Inadequate (Leeds General Infirmary); Inadequate (St James's University Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.5/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 93 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
240
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Requires improvement (Barnsley Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.5/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 125 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
320
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (Calderdale Royal Hospital); Good (Huddersfield Royal Infirmary).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.5/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 120 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
340
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Inadequate (Hull Royal Infirmary).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.4/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 118 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
380
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (Bradford Royal Infirmary).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.4/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 158 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
285
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (Scarborough Hospital); Good (The York Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.1/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 134 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
320
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Requires improvement (Darlington Memorial Hospital); Requires improvement (University Hospital North Durham).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.1/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 112 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
415
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (Dewsbury and District Hospital); Good (Pinderfields Hospital); Good (Pontefract Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.1/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 118 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
270
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Good (Alnwick Infirmary); Good (Berwick Infirmary); Good (Hexham General Hospital); Good (North Tyneside General Hospital); Good (Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital); Good (Wansbeck General Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.0/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 125 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: somewhat worse than expected.
Women who gave birth
195
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Requires improvement (University Hospital of Hartlepool); Requires improvement (University Hospital of North Tees).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Staff caring for you in labour
8.0/10
CQC Maternity Survey 2025, 132 women answered
England: 8.4. CQC: about the same as most trusts.
Women who gave birth
280
in July 2026

CQC maternity rating: Requires improvement (Diana Princess of Wales Hospital); Good (Goole & District Hospital); Requires improvement (Scunthorpe General Hospital).

CQC’s ratings, every survey section and how babies were born

Where the figures come from

CQC’s inspections and survey, and the births each trust reported to NHS England.

Sources: CQC maternity ratings as at 1 October 2026; CQC Maternity Survey 2025 (women who gave birth in February 2025, published 10 December 2025); NHS England, Maternity Services Monthly Statistics, July 2026 (published 22 October 2026). Open Government Licence. CQC is not responsible for how we present its data.

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Sources

  • Contains information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence. CQC must be acknowledged as the source of the data; CQC is not responsible for our analysis.
  • Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence

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