Dear East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,

I’m emailing with regards to a request I’d like to make under the Freedom of Information Act. Under the terms of the act, I’d like to receive the following information

1. The total number of serious incident reports made for each hospital and/or maternity unit in your trust between Jan 2012 - present, broken down per calendar year for each hospital

2. The total number of serious incident reports made by each hospital and/or maternity unit in your trust which refer to maternity or peri-natal care between Jan 2012 - present broken down per calendar year for each hospital

3. The total numbers of deliveries made by each hospital and/or maternity unit in your trust between Jan 2012 - present broken down per calendar year.

4. For each calendar year that you have the data available please, provide the ratio of clinical midwives to births for each of the hospitals and/or maternity units run by your trust.

5. For each calendar year that you have the data available please provide the BirthRate Pluse recommended ratio of clinical midwives to births for each of the hospitals and/or maternity units run by you trust

Under the terms of the FOI I expect to receive this information in 20 working days, and expect a receipt demonstrating that you have receive this requests. Should further clarification be need, or additional time required to collate the information - please communicate this as soon as this arises. Should the request exceed the cost threshold, please prioritise answering questions 1 and 2 of this request.

Please also provide this information in excel or csv format.

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte Stordy