Staff opinions regarding the use of clinical guidelines in participating trusts
| Do you agree that | Completely agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Completely disagree | Do not know |
| Guidelines offer women higher quality care | 286 (26.9) | 571 (53.7) | 111 (10.4) | 19 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 77 (7.2) |
| Guidelines ensure that all women receive the same level of basic care | 376 (35.3) | 540 (50.8) | 44 (4.1) | 21 (2.0) | 5 (0.5) | 78 (7.3) |
| A lack of time greatly impedes the use of guidelines in my unit | 87 (8.2) | 239 (22.5) | 169 (15.9) | 366 (34.4) | 93 (8.7) | 110 (10.3) |
| Poor readability of guidelines of greatly impedes the use of guidelines in my unit | 44 (4.1) | 188 (17.7) | 186 (17.5) | 427 (40.1) | 117 (11.0) | 102 (9.6) |
| I am not able to carry out all recommendations in the guidelines | 33 (3.1) | 206 (19.4) | 197 (18.5) | 438 (41.2) | 87 (8.2) | 103 (9.7) |
| It is easy for me to access the relevant guideline when I need it | 241 (22.7) | 467 (43.9) | 109 (10.2) | 133 (12.5) | 31 (2.9) | 83 (7.8) |
Percentages of respondents shown in parentheses.