Total transfers from: |
Level 3 units (n = 2) | 174/744 (23%) |
Level 2 units (n = 9) | 320/744 (43%) |
Level 1 (n = 3) | 139/744 (19%) |
Delivery units (n = 3) | 111/744 (15%) |
Capacity transfers from level 2 and 3 units:* |
Level 3 units (2) | 56 (13.5) |
Level 2 units (9) | 96 (7.7) |
Multiple transfers: |
From home hospital to another unit and return | 10 (in 4 women) |
From maternity unit to level 1 unit followed by onward transfer to level 2/3 unit | 6 (in 2 women) |
From home hospital to level 2 unit followed by transfer to an altenative level 2/3 unit (because of lack of capacity in first unit) | 6 (in 2 women) |