Dear Sigridur

Sorry for the delay (I'm on sick leave but couldnt resist 

sending this info to you).  The results of a recent survey we 

did, is presented below, if you need more info please et in 

touch off the line, Its not possible to send attachment 

through this list).





4.5.3 Length of visits 

The average length of visits for each health professional, 

recalled by mothers, are summarised in Table 6.  The lowest 

length of visiting time is stated to be with GP’s.   



Table 6. Average length of visits

Health care professional	Length of visits (min)

Midwife	17.6

GP	9.5

Obstetrician	16.2



There is general satisfaction with the length of visits, as 

can be seen in figures 13, the majority of women perceiving 

the length of visits to be about right in all of the groups. 

The highest proportion of women who thought the length of 

visit was about right, was also the longest average visit ie 

with midwives. 





All the best

Hora













































4.5.4 Waiting times

Generally, waiting times for community appointments ie with 

the midwife or GP, were of similar average length (as shown 

in Table 7), but for hospital-based obstetricians this was 

doubled.





Table 7. Average waiting times to see health professionals 

recalled by mothers.

Health care professional	Waiting times (min)

Midwife	14.1

GP	13.6

Obstetrician	27.8





Of the women who responded to this section, a large 

proportion expressed general satisfaction with the length of 

waiting times for GP’s and midwives but nearly one third felt 

that it was too long (figure 14). In contrast, nearly three 

quarters of respondents felt that waiting times for 

obstetricians were too long. 

Approximately 40% of women were cared for in their pregnancy 

by an obstetrician in combination with other health 

professionals. This relates quite closely to the proportion 

of women who stated that they had had pregnancy 

complications, which was approx 34% (see section 4.1, figure 

3). 





















































---- Original message ----

>Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:18:25 +0100

>From: Sigridur Sia Jonsdottir <[log in to unmask]>  

>Subject: Length of a prenatal appointment.  

>To: [log in to unmask]

>

>Dear College,

>

>My name is Sigridur Sia Jonsdottir and I am a director of 

Midwifery at the 

>High-risk prenatal clinic, Reykjavik health care centre, 

Iceland.

>

>It would be very helpful if you could please share with me 

the length of a 

>single appointment for prenatal visit by you for a normal 

(low risk) 

>pregnant women as well as high-risk pregnant women.  It 

would also be 

>helpful to know if the length is the same for a single 

caregiver (midwife) 

>and how long it is for two or even more caregivers at same 

visit 

>(midwife/GP/OB).

>It will also be interesting to know if you think the length 

is 

>appropriate, to long or to short.

>

>In Iceland, we currently have usually 20 or 30 minutes for 

appointment and 

>60 min for a booking visit.

>The reason for this request,is that here in Iceland we are 

in the process 

>of adjusting the NICE Guidline from England, for our 

Prenatal care. There  

>the length of a prenatal appointment is not mentioned, just 

what should be 

>included in the visit.  

>

>A respond to this request will be very much appreciated.  

>With regards,  Sigridur Sia

Dr Hora Soltani

Lead Research Midwife

Derby City General Hospital

Tel: 01332 785134