FOI_7522

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7522

Date Request Received: 01/11/2023 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 17/11/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Acute Trust Antenatal Classes

Request Category: Political Parties


Question Number 1: The total number of expectant mothers registered at your trust, broken down by financial year, since 2010.

Answer To Question 1: Year Q1. & Q3. Total 2010 2841 2011 2886 2012 2913 2013 2857 2014 2919 2015 2945 2016 2705 2017 2750 2018 2583 2019 2596 2020 2606 2021 2599 2022 2429 2023 1946

Question Number 2: The number of expectant mothers registered at your trust, who have been informed that NHS provided in-person antenatal classes are full, broken down by financial year, since 2010.

Answer To Question 2: It is not possible to gather this information. There have been many models of parent education over the years. Six community teams all providing a bespoke curriculum to the individual communities that they work within.

Question Number 3: The number of expectant mothers registered at your trust, who were able to access NHS provided in-person antenatal classes, by financial year, since 2010.

Answer To Question 3: Year Q1. & Q3. Total 2010 2841 2011 2886 2012 2913 2013 2857 2014 2919 2015 2945 2016 2705 2017 2750 2018 2583 2019 2596 2020 2606 2021 2599 2022 2429 2023 1946 All women regardless of parity are, or were, offered access to AN education.

Question Number 4: If antenatal classes are provided virtually, how many expectant mothers registered at your trust viewed these classes online, by financial year, since 2010.

Answer To Question 4: Two parent education services are offered; One is a Parent education program called Baby Steps (for women who fit a certain criteria) in Wiltshire. This has been running since 2015. There are 9 sessions in total. 6 sessions before baby, 3 with baby. During covid, the programme went fully online in May 2022. Now it is online before baby and face to face with baby ( since April 2022) Financial Year Total introductions 15/16 547 16/17 560 17/18 758 18/19 715 19/20 603 20/21 527 21/22 491 22/23 663 Alongside this all women booked for care by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust are offered access to virtual classes which have been offered since the end of 2021. No audit of numbers is available, however, on average it is 60 per month.

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