Internal Reference Number: FOI_8198
Date Request Received: 10/10/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 29/10/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Epidurals
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request information about epidurals requested by women in labour. Please provide the following information broken down by each full calendar year 2019-2023 inclusive, and all available information for the calendar year 2024 so far: • The total number of women in labour who requested an epidural for pain relief • The total number of women in labour who received an epidural for pain relief • The number of women who did not receive the epidural requested • The number of women who received the epidural within 30 minutes of making the request (0-30 minutes inclusive) • The number of women who received the epidural within 60 minutes of making the request (0-60 minutes inclusive) • The number of women who received the epidural later than 60 minutes after making the request (61 minutes and above) • The longest recorded epidural waiting time These figures should not include women who received an epidural during a planned or emergency Caesarean section. If the information requested is only partially available (for example, if the Trust only records the number of women who received an epidural within 60 minutes of requesting it) or available with slightly different parameters (for example, if the Trust only records the number of women who received an epidural within 45 minutes of requesting it) then please provide this information. | |
| Answer To Question 1: The Trust are only able to answer the following question - The total number of women in labour who received an epidural for pain relief as follows; 2019= 1826 woman received an epidural in labour, 2020= 1790 woman received an epidural in labour 2021= 1839 woman received an epidural in labour 2022= 1806 woman received an epidural in labour 2023= 1615 woman received an epidural in labour 2024= 1323 woman received an epidural in labour Unfortunately we do not hold digital information for the other questions and it would, therefore, take over 18 hours to do manually. Please see exemption notice attached. | |
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