Warwick Hospital’s maternity unit provides mothers and their babies with a good level of care according to a national health watchdog.

The Healthcare Commission’s nation-wide report into maternity services has rated South Warwickshire NHS Hospital Trust - which runs the hospital - as one of the country’s “better performing”.

It has praised the hospital’s high standards of post-natal care, including the support given to mothers in caring for their baby once they have been discharged.

Top marks were awarded for the trust’s very low maternal illness rates and for the amount of choice women have in deciding how and where they want to give birth. Read more