Maternity Department
Dear Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust,
On how many days during 2021 did the Trust’s maternity department fail to maintain adequate staffing levels?
Yours faithfully,
Mike Garnett
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Dear Mr Garnett
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, before we can go ahead and start collating information, can I please clarify what you mean by "adequate staffing levels"?
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FOI Team
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