
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8848
Date Request Received: 12/08/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 29/08/2025 00:00:00
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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 SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, 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: | |
| 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: | |
| 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. | |
| Please see Attachments: | |
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Our staff at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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.