Friday 20 March 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9115
Date Request Received: 22/12/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 21/01/2026 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Maternity Services
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: Under the provision of Freedom of Information legislation, please provide the following information for Salisbury Hospital: Is the above referred Consultant-led Maternity Uunit still open? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Yes | |
| Question Number 2: Does the above referred Maternity Unit still have training accreditation? | |
| Answer To Question 2: The Trust were unable to respond to Q2 as there was no response to the email sent to the requestor on 23.12.2025. | |
| Question Number 3: Are staffing arrangements for the above referred Maternity Unit, by way of numbers and qualifications, enabled by rotation of resident obstetricians/clinical fellows from the base hospital, or does the above referred Maternity Unit have its own permanent obstetric staff? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Yes | |
| Question Number 4: Has the above reffered Maternity Unit been downgraded to a Midwife Led Unit in recent years and if so, which year? | |
| Answer To Question 4: No | |
| Question Number 5: How many births did the above referred Maternity Unit deliver in the last year of available figures? | |
| Answer To Question 5: October 2024 to October 2025 = 2215 Births | |
| Question Number 6: How many deliveries does the parent Trust of the above referred Maternity Unit manage in total. | |
| Answer To Question 6: Not applicable | |
| Question Number 7: Which Deanery is responsible for the parent Trust of the above referred Maternity Unit. | |
| Answer To Question 7: Wessex Deanery | |
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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.
