Birthing-friendly hospitals in New Hampshire
Birthing-friendly hospitals › New Hampshire
New Hampshire has 15 birthing-friendly hospitals. 15 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 34 min.
The birthing-friendly designation marks hospitals that have attested to taking part in a maternity care quality improvement programme and to implementing recommended patient safety practices. It reflects participation in those programmes rather than a measured birth outcome, so treat it as one signal among several when choosing where to give birth.
| Hospital | City | ER wait | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Hospital | Concord | 4 hr 3 min | 3/5 |
| Wentworth-Douglass Hospital | Dover | 4 hr 2 min | 4/5 |
| Exeter Hospital | Exeter | 3 hr 26 min | 4/5 |
| Exeter Hospital INC | Exeter | 3 hr 26 min | 4/5 |
| Cheshire Medical Center | Keene | 3 hr 34 min | 4/5 |
| Mary Hitchcock Mem Hospital | Lebanon | 4 hr 24 min | 3/5 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital | Lebanon | 4 hr 24 min | 3/5 |
| Catholic Medical Center | Manchester | 3 hr 41 min | 4/5 |
| Elliot Hospital | Manchester | 4 hr 51 min | 2/5 |
| Southern Nh Medical Center | Nashua | 3 hr 38 min | 2/5 |
| St Joseph Hospital | Nashua | 3 hr 22 min | 4/5 |
| Memorial Hospital, the | North Conway | 2 hr 1 min | 4/5 |
| Monadnock Community Hospital | Peterborough | 2 hr 16 min | 2/5 |
| Speare Memorial Hospital | Plymouth | 2 hr 16 min | 3/5 |
| Portsmouth Regional Hospital | Portsmouth | 2 hr 12 min | 3/5 |
Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in New Hampshire, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.