Internal Reference Number: FOI_9062
Date Request Received: 25/11/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 15/12/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Maternity staffing
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: I am seeking information relating to maternity midwifery staffing within your Trust. Please provide the following: 1. Daily Planned vs Actual Midwifery Staffing a) Daily planned vs. actual midwifery staffing levels for maternity services from 1 Jan 2023 to the present day, or if this is not available, the most recent 24 month period for which records exist. If possible, please include: 鈥� Ward / unit name 鈥� Planned number of midwives per day (or shift) 鈥� Actual number of midwives per day (or shift) If this information is collected and recorded at a different interval (e.g. per shift rather than per day), or using different measures (e.g. CHPPD rather than number of midwives) or as a percentage, please provide it in the format held. b) How the Trust defines "planned" vs "actual" staffing e.g. whether these definitions relate to establishment, funded posts, CHPPD, etc | |
| Answer To Question 1: 1. i) Ward name/Unit: Labour ward/Beatrice Maternity ward/Day Assessment Unit 鈥� 91影视 NHS Foundation Trust ii) Planned number of midwives per day/shift: 10 iii) Actual number of midwives per day: 1/1/23-Present day Fill rates Day 92.5% Night: 96.1% b) The planned staffing rates link to establishment (which is supported by Birthrate plus data) | |
| Question Number 2: 2. Mitigation Measures Please confirm: a) Whether the 鈥渁ctual鈥� staffing numbers reported reflect staffing before or after mitigation measures are taken (e.g. redeployment, escalation, agency/bank use). b) If data exists reflecting both pre- and post-mitigation staffing levels, please provide it. | |
| Answer To Question 2: a) Actual staffing reflects staffing after SOME mitigation (bank use) but before escalation. b) Not available | |
| Question Number 3: RAG Status / Safe-Staffing Thresholds a) Does the maternity service use a Red鈥揂mber鈥揋reen (RAG) rating system or equivalent to assess daily midwifery staffing safety? b) If yes, please provide: 鈥� The threshold definition for each rating category (e.g. how staffing levels trigger green/amber/red) 鈥� Any accompanying policy or guidance documents that define how the RAG system is applied 鈥� The corresponding 'Red-Amber-Green' rating for each day of staffing data requested in Section 1 of my request I understand that some safe-staffing information may already be publicly available on the Trust鈥檚 website (e.g. monthly staffing reports or board papers). However, this request is specifically seeking more fine-grained data (e.g. daily or shift-level planned vs actual midwifery staffing, and associated RAG levels) that is not included within published reporting. If any of the requested information is already online, please provide the direct URLs to the specific published data. Please provide information in a spreadsheet format. | |
| Answer To Question 3: a) Yes b) Threshold definition (related to staffing): Green (Opel 1): - Business as usual Amber (Open 2) - Birth rate plus activity & dependency score rating AMBER for delivery suite. 鈥� Labour ward coordinator is temporarily not supernumerary (providing direct care to antenatal/postnatal women whilst extra support for delivery suite is provided. Red (Opel 3): 鈥� Birth rate plus activity & dependency score rating RED for delivery suite. 鈥� Labour ward coordinator not supernumerary. 鈥� Unable to give 1-1 care to woman/birthing person in established labour. Related escalation policy is attached. Opel rating for each day outlined in section one not able to be provided as this would take >19 hours to obtain the data. To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below:  Guideline 2025 -Maternity Escalation V1.2.pdf | |
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