Maternal Mortality

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Dear Birmingham Women ’s NHS Foundation Trust,

I am looking for the following information pertaining to your
hospital trust:

The maternal mortality rate/ratio*.
The most common causes of these deaths.

May I have the above information, where available, for the
following annual periods:
2014-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
1994-1995

*The maternal mortality rate here to be understood as: the number
of women who die from pregnancy-related causes or causes aggravated
by pregnancy or its management either during pregnancy or within 42
days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. This
excludes accidental or incidental causes of death.

Yours faithfully,

Thomas Newton

Donna Dallaway,

Dear Mr Newton

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

I acknowledge receipt of your request on 11 January 2016 as detailed below and confirm that it is being handled appropriately under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request has been forwarded to the relevant department/s and I will write to you again as soon as such information as we hold and are able to disclose is forthcoming. In any event this will be on or before 08 February 2016.

If in the meantime you have any comment or further query to make in relation to this matter, please contact me quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely

Donna Dallaway
Information Governance Manager
Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust

Tel: 44 (0)121 472 1377 Ext 7026
E-mail: [Birmingham Women ’s NHS Foundation Trust request email]

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Request Details :-

Dear Birmingham Women ’s NHS Foundation Trust,

I am looking for the following information pertaining to your
hospital trust:

The maternal mortality rate/ratio*.
The most common causes of these deaths.

May I have the above information, where available, for the
following annual periods:
2014-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
1994-1995

*The maternal mortality rate here to be understood as: the number
of women who die from pregnancy-related causes or causes aggravated
by pregnancy or its management either during pregnancy or within 42
days of pregnancy termination per 100,000 live births. This
excludes accidental or incidental causes of death.

Yours faithfully,

Thomas Newton

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Donna Dallaway,

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Dear Mr Newton

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

 

Further to my acknowledgement of 11 January 2016, the Trust has reviewed
your request and is now able to respond as follows:

 

Request

 

     I am looking for the following information pertaining to your

     hospital trust:

    

     The maternal mortality rate/ratio*.

     The most common causes of these deaths.

    

     May I have the above information, where available, for the

     following annual periods:

     2014-2015

     2013-2014

     2012-2013

     2011-2012

     2010-2011

     1994-1995

 

Response

 

     2014-2015-                     1 case. The woman had
haemophagocytosis syndrome and multi organ failure. She died from hepato
renal failure
     2013-2014-                     Two cases. 1 x amniotic fluid embolism
and 1x septicaemia.

     2012-2013-                     None  
     2011-2012-                     None
     2010-2011-                     None
     1994-1995-                     Unable to supply the information for
this period as we did not use our current system.

 

Please see attached for the amount of births for the years requested.

 

I trust that the above is helpful. If however, you wish to complain about
the handling of your request or the content of this reply, please do not
hesitate to contact me again and I will try to assist further.  It would
be helpful if you could explain the reasons for your dissatisfaction and
quote the above reference. Should local resolution fail, you may request
an independent internal review and ultimately you may appeal to the
Information Commissioner's Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Donna Dallaway

Information Governance Manager

Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust

 

Tel: 44 (0)121 472 1377 Ext 7026

E-mail: [Birmingham Women ’s NHS Foundation Trust request email]

 

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