Internal Reference Number: FOI_7360
Date Request Received: 07/08/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 15/08/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Midwives
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: The number of FTE funded midwife posts there are for each maternity service at your trust? | |
| Answer To Question 1: 107.15 WTE (Whole Time Equivalent) Midwives - Bands 5,6,7 and 8. This includes clinical and non-clinical Midwives and externally funded LMNS/Regional Specialist Fixed Term posts. | |
| Question Number 2: The number of FTE funded midwife posts for each maternity service at your trust which were vacant as of the start of August 2023 (excluding those on maternity or long term sick leave where sick leave has lasted for one month or longer)? | |
| Answer To Question 2: 23.8 WTE | |
| Question Number 3: The number of FTE funded midwife posts for each maternity service at your trust which were vacant as of 1st May 2023 (excluding those on maternity or long term sick leave where sick leave has lasted for one month or longer)? | |
| Answer To Question 3: 23.2 WTE | |
| Question Number 4: The date of the most recent Birthrate Plus study of midwifery staffing for each service within your trust? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Full Birthrate Plus Study in 2019 (updated in 2020 to include Workforce required for Continuity of Care). | |
| Question Number 5: The number of FTE funded midwife posts that Birthrate Plus recommended your trust employ for each maternity service at your trust? | |
| Answer To Question 5: 98.75 WTE - not including specialist externally funded posts. | |
| Question Number 6: For each of the last five years, how many red flag events have been recorded for each of the trust鈥檚 maternity services? | |
| Answer To Question 6: 鈥楾his information is not in an easily reported format and would have to be done manually鈥� - please see attached exemption notice | |
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