FOI_6981

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6981

Date Request Received: 20/01/2023 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 22/02/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Miscarriage support

Request Category: Private Individuals


Question Number 1: 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.) Please could you provide the information in the form of an CSV or other spreadsheet file. 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.

Answer To Question 1: Please see attached file To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 6981 - Miscarriage Support FOR ISSUE.xlsx

Question Number 2: Available support programs & groups mothers are signposted to after a miscarriage and, if applicable, criteria for receiving support.

Answer To Question 2: The Trust signposts to the Miscarriage Association. - https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/

Question Number 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.

Answer To Question 3: For the years 2017 to 2020 the Trust have had a midwife responsible for our Bereavement Services. From 2021 to present we have a specific Bereavement Midwife appointed.
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