Freedom of information request details
FOI request date:
The following information was requested:
I sent a request to the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and the advised that your FoI team is better placed to respond to questions in relation to that trust.
I would be grateful for responses by email to the following 13 questions, which I am sending to every UK non-specialist health trust and board.
I appreciate it is a long list of questions, and it’s quite possible not all of them will be relevant to your organisation. I also appreciate that data going back 10 years may not always be available, as your organisation may have been formed more recently than that. In this case, I would be grateful for the data stretching back as far as is possible.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions at all.
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How many vacancies do you currently have for a) midwives; b) obstetricians? (And how many members of staff do you currently have in both those roles?)
What is the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths recorded in your trust/board in each of the past 10 years? And what was the recorded ethnicity of those who died if the data is available?
How many live births were recorded at your trust/board in each of the past 10 years?
What is the number of maternal deaths recorded in your trust/board in each of the past 10 years? And what was the recorded ethnicity of those who died?
How many medical negligence suits have arisen from incidents in your maternity department in each of the past 10 years? How many resulted in a payment being made, and how much was paid out in each of the past 10 years?
How many third- and fourth-degree tears have you recorded for each of the past 10 years?
What are your current rates of forceps use if you keep data on this?
What are your current rates of ventouse assisted deliveries if you keep data on this?
How many emergency caesarean sections have you carried out in each of the past 10 years?
How many Maternal Request Caesareans were made to staff in each of the past 10 years, and how many were approved?
How much did your trust/board pay for use of interpreters in its maternity department in each of the past 10 years?
How many people have received treatment as part of any MMHS (Maternal Mental Health Service) in the past year?
How many people are on the waiting list to receive treatment from the MMHS right now? And how long is the average waiting time for treatment?
(Please, see the attached PDF for clarifications.)
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