Friday 31 October 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8848
Date Request Received: 12/08/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 29/08/2025 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Maternity Services
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information about the maternity services provided by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, specifically concerning the collection of disability data. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information: Does your Trust collect information on disability (as defined as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010) from women/birthing people receiving maternity care? | |
| Answer To Question 1: See attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 8848 Question 1.pdf | |
| Question Number 2: If the answer to question 1 is "yes," please provide a transcript of the specific question(s) asked to women/birthing people regarding their disability. | |
| Answer To Question 2: See attached. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below: FOI 8848 Question 2.pdf | |
| Question Number 3: Through what method(s) does your Trust collect information on disability from women/birthing people receiving maternity care? (e.g., paper form, electronic questionnaire, during a verbal consultation, etc.) | |
| Answer To Question 3: Both verbal consultation and within the Maternity Information System (MIS). | |
| Question Number 4: For the method(s) identified in question 3, please specify when in the maternity care pathway this information is typically collected (e.g., at the booking appointment, at every visit, etc.). | |
| Answer To Question 4: Booking appointment and Care Plan updated at every contact as needed. | |
| Question Number 5: If the Trust's system for collecting this information is electronic, please state the name of the system and/or software used. | |
| Answer To Question 5: BadgerNet. | |
| Question Number 6: Please provide any recorded policies, procedures, or guidance documents that instruct staff on how to use disability information to accommodate the individual needs of women/birthing people in maternity care. | |
| Answer To Question 6: The Trust do not have any recorded policies, procedures, or guidance documents that are specific to Maternity. | |
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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.
