Tell us what your maternity care was like for you in 2025

30 Jan 2025 03:14 PM

CQC’s 2025 national maternity survey is happening soon. The survey is carried out every year. It asks women and other people who have used maternity services about their experience of maternity care.

NHS hospital trusts will be inviting people to take part in this year’s survey from April. Taking part is voluntary and all answers are confidential and anonymous.

The survey has been running since 2007. It asks a sample of people who gave birth in 2025 about their experiences of:

The survey asks questions about a wide range of issues, including:

Participating in the survey will help improve care. We will analyse the responses to:

We will publish the results on CQC’s website and on the NHS Surveys website in November 2025.

We also use the results to inform our understanding of the quality of local maternity services. This helps us see where we need to follow up on any concerns.

Hospital trusts use the results to make changes to improve the experience of people who use their maternity service in the future.

Nicola Wise, our Director of Secondary and Specialist Healthcare, said:

“The survey is anonymous and carried out independently.

“It is vital that we listen to people using maternity services so we can understand what makes a good experience and what needs to improve.

“We want to hear from as many people as possible about the maternity care they’ve received. The more people who take part in the survey, the richer and more valuable the information we gather will be. That will help hospital trusts to target improvements.

“If you are invited to complete the survey, we really want to hear from you. We need you to tell us what works well and what you think needs to change. Please help us to drive the action required, so everyone using maternity services can have a positive experience every time.”

About the survey: