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Thursday 22 January 2026
91Ó°ÊÓ Foundation Trust

FOI_9120

Internal Reference Number: FOI_9120

Date Request Received: 23/12/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 24/12/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Trust’s management of documentation/scribing during obstetric emergencies:

Request Category: Health

 
Question Number 1:
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide the following details regarding your Trust’s management of documentation/scribing during obstetric emergencies:

The system(s) used to scribe or document events during an obstetric emergency (e.g., patient notes, paper proformas, electronic systems, observation software, etc.).

 
Answer To Question 1:
The team utilise paper proformas.
 
Question Number 2:
If your Trust uses paper systems, how are these transcribed into electronic systems.

 
Answer To Question 2:
The proformas are scanned into the digital system, Badgernet.
 
Question Number 3:
If your Trust uses an electronic scribing or documentation tool within your unified electronic patient record (EPR), please confirm whether this tool is used to document obstetric emergencies in real time as the event unfolds, or whether documentation is typically completed retrospectively after the emergency has concluded.
 
Answer To Question 3:
Maternity use Badgernet for documentation but NOT for emergencies, paper proformas are utilised. The information is not transcribed into the electronic records but scanned as a real time working document.
 
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