Monday 01 December 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8785
Date Request Received: 21/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 18/08/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Maternal healthcare
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: How many vacancies do you currently have for a) midwives; b) obstetricians? c) And how many members of staff do you currently have in both those roles? | |
| Answer To Question 1: a) 12.18 Midwives b) 4.48 O&G Consultants c) 101.32 midwives, 8.65 O&G Consultants | |
| Question Number 2: a) What is the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths recorded in your trust/board in each of the past 10 years? b) what was the recorded ethnicity of those who died, if the data is available? | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see attached To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_8785 - Q2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 - Maternal healthcare POSTGRES v4 FOR ISSUE .xlsx | |
| Question Number 3: How many live births were recorded at your trust/board in each of the past 10 years? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 4: a) What is the number of maternal deaths recorded in your trust/board in each of the past 10 years? b) And what was the recorded ethnicity of those who died? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 5: a) How many medical negligence suits have arisen from incidents in your maternity department in each of the past 10 years? b) How many resulted in a payment being made, and how much was paid out in each of the past 10 years? | |
| Answer To Question 5: a) Lawsuits is defined as a matter that has been issued in court. There have been less than 5 cases in the past 10 years. b) For financial information the FOI requestor will need to approach NHSR as all damages are paid by them. - https://resolution.nhs.uk/ | |
| Question Number 6: How many third- and fourth-degree tears have you recorded for each of the past 10 years? | |
| Answer To Question 6: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 7: What are your current rates of forceps use, if you keep data on this? | |
| Answer To Question 7: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 8: What are your current rates of ventouse assisted deliveries, if you keep data on this? | |
| Answer To Question 8: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 9: How many emergency caesarean sections have you carried out in each of the past 10 years? | |
| Answer To Question 9: Please see attached | |
| Question Number 10: a) How many Maternal Request Caesareans were made to staff in each of the past 10 years, b) and how many were approved? | |
| Answer To Question 10: a) The Trust do not have information available for that time period. Unfortunately, the information that we do hold is not in an easily reported format and would have to be done manually. This would take longer than 18 hrs. Please see attached exemption b) as above. | |
| Question Number 11: How much did your trust/board pay for use of interpreters in its maternity department in each of the past 10 years? | |
| Answer To Question 11: Interpreting service costs are coded centrally and unfortunately we have no breakdown of use by individual departments. | |
| Question Number 12: How many people have received treatment as part of any MMHS (Maternal Mental Health Service) in the past year? | |
| Answer To Question 12: This is a BSW Service (Bath and Northeast Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire). Therefore, we do not hold the information locally at SFT. | |
| Question Number 13: a) How many people are on the waiting list to receive treatment from the MMHS right now? b) And how long is the average waiting time for treatment? | |
| Answer To Question 13: Please see response to Q12 | |
| Please see Attachments: | |
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Our staff at Salisbury District Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.
