Freedom of Information Request: 0236 2019/20
- Do you allow private stem cell companies to promote their services on your sites, e.g. leaflets? No
- Do you allow representatives from stem cell companies on any of your sites to promote or collect cord blood, e.g. in delivery suites? Yes, if pre-arranged with the family and the service
- Does the Trust allow its staff to work for stem cell companies, e.g. collecting umbilical cord blood for private companies? No
- How long (how many minutes) does the Trust consider ‘optimal’ cord clamping? Our Trust guideline for Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies recommends that Timely delay in clamping and cutting of cord is between 1 and 3 minutes or until the cord has stopped pulsating, it can be delayed up to 5 mins however it should be assessed on an individual basis depending on clinical condition. This is based on recommendations from WHO and NICE.
- Please supply the following information for each of the individual calendar years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date.
a) The number of babies born whose umbilical cord blood was collected for banking by a private company We do not hold this information b) The number of babies born whose umbilical cord blood was collected for banking by the NHS. The information cannot be obtained from Badgernet as Badgernet have not yet synched this data field to the server to enable this. However advised the data will be available for collection in November 2019. c) The income received from stem cell companies The Trust does not receive any income from stem cell collection companies.
