Internal Reference Number: FOI_8443
Date Request Received: 07/02/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 26/02/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Traumatic Birth and Miscarriage Support, Staff Age Profile, and Role Data
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Budget for Liaison Support The amount (£) budgeted for liaison support for patients after experiencing a traumatic birth or miscarriage for each of the following calendar years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 | |
| Answer To Question 1: The Trust do not have a dedicated specific amount of funding for liaison support for traumatic births. Services that we offer are the Birth Reflections Service which is part of the Family Experience Midwife's role and offers the opportunity for patients to come and discuss their birth should they wish to. We also offer the OCEAN Service for users who have experienced a traumatic birth - this was set up in 2023 and forms part of the Psychological Wellbeing Midwife's role. The OCEAN service covers Trauma, loss and fear. We do not provide this service for miscarriages. | |
| Question Number 2: Reported Cases The number of reported traumatic births and miscarriages for each of the following calendar years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 | |
| Answer To Question 2: The Trust do not report on traumatic births or miscarriages. | |
| Question Number 3: Staff Training in Liaison Support The number of staff trained in providing liaison support for traumatic births or miscarriages at your ¾¨Ó㴫ý Trust in each of the following calendar years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see Question 1. | |
| Question Number 4: Midwifery Workforce a. The number of midwives employed at your ¾¨Ó㴫ý Trust in each of the following calendar years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 b. The mean (average) age of midwives employed at your ¾¨Ó㴫ý Trust in each of the following calendar years: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 c. The number of midwives currently employed at your ¾¨Ó㴫ý Trust who are aged 55 and above. | |
| Answer To Question 4: 4a 2019 117 2020 118 2021 121 2022 120 2023 121 2024 133 4b 2019 42.67 2020 42.42 2021 41.51 2022 41.34 2023 42.04 2024 41.10 4c 15 midwives aged 55 and above | |
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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 ¾¨Ó㴫ý Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.
