Miscarriage support
Dear Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation 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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Dear Jonathan
Thank-you for your email received on 20^th January 2023 requesting
information which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of
this Act. I can confirm that the Trust is holding records that are
relevant to your enquiry.
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I would like to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding miscarriages in maternity services. Please see
attached
PRIMARY DISCHARGE REASON (MOTHER MATERNITY SERVICES) is the primary reason that the mother was discharged from a Maternity Service.
We do not
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”. hold this
data for
Please can you provide the data with the following breakdowns: miscarriage.
a) Yearly totals for the years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. Please see
attached
b) Level of deprivation of the mother, from 1-Most deprived to 10-Least deprived
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c) Racial and/or Ethnic group of the mother, e.g. Asian, Black, White, etc. opt in for
support from
2) Available support programs & groups mothers are signposted to after a miscarriage and, if applicable, criteria for receiving support. Bereavement
Midwife or
3) The total number of bereavement midwives employed by your trust or any other staff/nurses specialised in supporting women after a miscarriage. Pregnancy
Loss Nurse.
Please can you provide the data with the following breakdown: Details of
Miscarriage
a) Yearly for the years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. Association
are offered.
Please could you provide the information in the form of an CSV or other spreadsheet file.
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The above definition is taken from the NHS Data Model and Dictionary on the Maternity Services Data Set: receive call
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support from
Bereavement
Midwife.
Details of
Mariposa
Trust and
SANDS are
offered.
Details or 2
local
support
groups are
given.
Bereavement
Midwife,
full time,
employed
from Nov
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Pregnancy
Loss Nurse,
15 hours per
week,
employed
from Oct
2022
I trust that this information provides you with a suitable response to
your enquiry. If not and you feel that your request has not been
satisfactorily answered, then the Trust has an internal review procedure
for dealing with complaints received under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 whereby your case is presented to the Chairman for an independent
review/decision. Alternatively, you do have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office after any internal review procedure has
been exhausted. The Information Commissioners Office is an independent
body that enforces the Freedom of Information Act, the General Data
Protection Regulation and the Environmental Information regulations. The
address of the Information Commissioner is Information Commissioners
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me again.
Julie Clark
FOI Co-ordinator
Information Governance
Health Informatics Service (E5)
Apley House
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG
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Dear Julian
Thank-you for your email received on 30^th January 2023 requesting
information which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of
this Act. I can confirm that the Trust is holding records that are
relevant to your enquiry.
Request Response
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We would be keen to engage with the Managers – Bradley Isaac
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to submit a FOI request to ask for the
name and email address for the person(s) WARNER-HOLT, Max (ROYAL UNITED
or team responsible for; HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION
TRUST) <[1][email address]>;
I. Cardio-respiratory pathways ( likely LOWE, Rob (ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS
to be a clinical or business lead)? BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
and <[2][email address]>;
SUNTHARALINGAM, Jay (ROYAL UNITED
HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION
TRUST) <[3][email address]>;
ISAAC, Bradley (ROYAL UNITED
HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION
TRUST) <[4][email address]>
II. Community diagnostic centres ( Sulis Hospital Bath (in
CDC’s) for the Trust? development, managed by BSW ICB)
I trust that this information provides you with a suitable response to
your enquiry. If not and you feel that your request has not been
satisfactorily answered, then the Trust has an internal review procedure
for dealing with complaints received under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 whereby your case is presented to the Chairman for an independent
review/decision. Alternatively, you do have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office after any internal review procedure has
been exhausted. The Information Commissioners Office is an independent
body that enforces the Freedom of Information Act, the General Data
Protection Regulation and the Environmental Information regulations. The
address of the Information Commissioner is Information Commissioners
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me again.
Julie Clark
FOI Co-ordinator
Information Governance
Health Informatics Service (E5)
Apley House
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG
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