Miscarriage support
Dear Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust,
I would like to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding miscarriages in maternity services.
PRIMARY DISCHARGE REASON (MOTHER MATERNITY SERVICES) is the primary reason that the mother was discharged from a Maternity Service.
1) The total number of cases with a Primary Discharge reason recorded and the total number of cases with a Primary Discharge reason of “Miscarriage”.
Please can you provide the data with the following breakdowns:
a) Yearly totals for the years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017.
b) Level of deprivation of the mother, from 1-Most deprived to 10-Least deprived
c) Racial and/or Ethnic group of the mother, e.g. Asian, Black, White, etc.
2) Available support programs & groups mothers are signposted to after a miscarriage and, if applicable, criteria for receiving support.
3) The total number of bereavement midwives employed by your trust or any other staff/nurses specialised in supporting women after a miscarriage.
Please can you provide the data with the following breakdown:
a) Yearly for the years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017.
Please could you provide the information in the form of an CSV or other spreadsheet file.
The above definition is taken from the NHS Data Model and Dictionary on the Maternity Services Data Set: https://www.datadictionary.nhs.uk/data_s...
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Jonathan Fagg
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Sent request to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust again, using a new contact address.
Dear Jonathon,
Thank you for your email requesting information relating to emergency
attendances for miscarriage support.
Your request is now being processed under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act and will be answered within twenty working days.
If you have any requirements regarding the format any information should
be supplied in e.g. the language to be used, audio, large print and so on,
then please let us know.
If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us
quoting the reference number above.
Kind Regards
Freedom of Information / Information Governance Walsall Healthcare NHS
Trust Walsall Manor Hospital
Tel: 01922 721172 (ext. 5701)
Email: [1][Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust request email]
Good Afternoon Jonathan
Further to your FOI request please can you clarify the following:
The FOI request, are we able to ascertain the gestation (at which the
miscarriage occurred) they wish to be included in the data collection – is
it just early miscarriage or including late miscarriage as well?.
Kind Regards,
FOI Co-Ordinator
Governance Department
Building 20, New Manor Court
Contactable via email or MS Teams
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Walsall Manor Hospital, Moat Road, Walsall
West-Midlands, WS2 9PS.
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From: FOI (WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST) <[2][Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
request email]>
Sent: 23 January 2023 16:06
To: '[FOI #940540 email]' <[3][FOI #940540 email]>
Subject: FOI 173.22-23 Acknowledgement
Dear Jonathon,
Thank you for your email requesting information relating to emergency
attendances for miscarriage support.
Your request is now being processed under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act and will be answered within twenty working days.
If you have any requirements regarding the format any information should
be supplied in e.g. the language to be used, audio, large print and so on,
then please let us know.
If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us
quoting the reference number above.
Kind Regards
Freedom of Information / Information Governance Walsall Healthcare NHS
Trust Walsall Manor Hospital
Tel: 01922 721172 (ext. 5701)
Email: [4][Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust request email]
Hello,
Thank you for your email.
I can clarify that I am referring to miscarriages during the first 23 weeks of pregnancy. Does that make it more clear?
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Jonathan Fagg
Dear Jonathan,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. We are pleased to
attach our response to your request.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any queries.
Thank you
Kind Regards
Freedom of Information / Information Governance
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Tel: 01922 721172 (ext. 5701)
Email: [1][Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust request email]
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From: FOI (WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST) <[Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
request email]>
Sent: 23 January 2023 16:06
To: '[FOI #940540 email]' <[FOI #940540 email]>
Subject: FOI 173.22-23 Acknowledgement
Dear Jonathon,
Thank you for your email requesting information relating to emergency
attendances for miscarriage support.
Your request is now being processed under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act and will be answered within twenty working days.
If you have any requirements regarding the format any information should
be supplied in e.g. the language to be used, audio, large print and so on,
then please let us know.
If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us
quoting the reference number above.
Kind Regards
Freedom of Information / Information Governance Walsall Healthcare NHS
Trust Walsall Manor Hospital
Tel: 01922 721172 (ext. 5701)
Email: [3][Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust request email]
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