FOI 6997 - Maternity Services

Date: 17 December 2021 to 17 December 2023

Please can you provide the following statistics for 2020 for the Trust:

Labour ward (or other obstetrician-led environment)	Birth centre (if the option exists)	Home birth	Born Before Arrival
1) Total number of births (not number of babies born) in 2020
2) Number of induced births in 2020
3) Number of instrumental deliveries in 2020
4) Number of emergency caesarean sections in 2020
5) Number of planned caesarean sections in 2020
6) Minor haemorrhages (up to 500ml)
7) Major haemhorrhages (500ml+)

And please answer the following additional questions for the Trust:

How many midwife-led-unit births transferred into an obstetrician-led environment?

Please also confirm the list of hospitals and units covered by the above.

Response:

December 2021

Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The information you have requested is as follows:

	Labour ward (or other obstetrician-led environment)	Birth centre (if the option exists)	Home birth	Born Before Arrival	Non-Labour Ward or Theatre
1) Total number of births (not number of babies born) in 2020	2102	494	112	13	1847
2) Number of induced births in 2020	810	8	0	0	564
3) Number of instrumental deliveries in 2020	189	0	0	0	213
4) Number of emergency caesarean sections in 2020	0	0	0	0	655
5) Number of planned caesarean sections in 2020	0	0	0	0	959
6) Minor haemorrhages (up to 500ml) * Blood loss of under 500mls is not classed as a haemorrhage	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
7) Major haemhorrhages (500ml+)	324	23	6	1	1000

And please answer the following additional questions for the Trust:

How many home births transferred into hospital? 16
How many midwife-led-unit births transferred into an obstetrician-led environment? No data held
How many stillbirths were there in total across the Trust? 13
How many of the caesarean sections results in a major haemorrhage? 31
Please also confirm the list of hospitals and units covered by the above.

Medway Maritime Hospital: