Saturday 21 December 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8173
Date Request Received: 23/09/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 16/10/2024 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Previous C-Section and Birthing Pool Use
Request Category: Students (Educational)
| Question Number 1: Freedom of Information Request I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information regarding clinical guidelines and the use of birthing pools/water immersion during labour and/or birth by women who had previously had a caesarean section: Number of Women Using a Birthing Pool/Water Immersion Following a Previous Caesarean Section: Please provide the number of women who had a previous caesarean section and used a birthing pool or water immersion during a subsequent labour and/or birth in your Trust for each of the following time periods: 01 January 2013 – 31 December 2013 01 January 2014 – 31 December 2014 01 January 2015 – 31 December 2015 01 January 2016 – 31 December 2016 01 January 2017 – 31 December 2017 01 January 2018 - 31 December 2018 01 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 01 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 01 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 01 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023 | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response in the Excel spreadsheet attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_8173 - Previous C-Section and Birthing Pool Use - response for Q1.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: Clinical Guidelines: Please provide copies of any current maternity/midwifery/obstetric clinical guidelines, policies or protocols specifically relating to: • The use of water immersion or birthing pools during labour and/or birth. • Vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC). | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see attached Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Guideline links in relations to Questions 2,3 and 4. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 8173 Questions 2 to 4.docx | |
| Question Number 3: Please provide copies of any other maternity/midwifery/obstetric clinical guidelines, policies or protocols which contain information about water immersion/birthing pools during labour and/or birth. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see document attached | |
| Question Number 4: Please provide copies of any other maternity/midwifery/obstetric clinical guidelines, policies or protocols which contain information about vaginal birth after caesarean section. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see document attached | |
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