Midwifery and delivery stats
Dear Kent Community Health NHS Foundation 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
Dear Ms Stordy
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to
a request, therefore we will aim to provide you with our response by 13
April 2023. However, please be advised that our resources have been
diverted to support our front-line colleagues who are working tremendously
hard to provide care for our patients, and to those in need of our
services. As you can hopefully understand, this is resulting in delays
responding to information requests. We apologise for any inconvenience
this may cause, we do remain committed to responding to your request and
will respond as soon as we are able.
Should our response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you
remain unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office. The Information Commissioner’s offices
can be contacted at [1]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
Should you need to contact us in the meantime, please quote reference
number 2023.384.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
In accordance with GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) processing of your data by Kent
Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its
legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to
you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our
website: [2]https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...
Dear Ms Stordy
With regard to your request for information via the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, please find attached our response.
Kind regards
FOI Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
In accordance with GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) processing of your data by Kent
Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its
legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to
you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our
website: [1]https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...
We work to defend the right to FOI for everyone
Help us protect your right to hold public authorities to account. Donate and support our work.
Donate Now