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FOI 0751 Maternity Statistics 2020/21

Freedom of Information Request: 0751 2020/21

Please could you provide me with the following information for your Trust for the locations where women can give birth (hospital Labour Wards, Midwifery Units and at home – if there are any others please provide details for these too).

Please break down all statistics to give the total per location.

  1. Number of births (not number of babies born) in 2019

 

Hospital Ward Total
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham A&E 2
  Aspen Ward 1
  BBA 32
  Cedar Ward 3
  DAU 1
  Delivery Suite BHH 3688
  Delivery Suite Theatre BHH 1545
  Eden 25
  Gynae Theatre BHH 258
  Home 9
  Main Theatre BHH 13
  PAER 2
  Willow 481
  Ward n/k 108
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham Total 6168
Good Hope Maternity Unit A&E 3
  BBA 21
  DAU 1
  Delivery Suite GHH 2199
  Delivery Suite Theatre GHH 576
  Home 10
  Ward 4 16
  Ward 5 3
  Ward n/k 17
Good Hope Maternity Unit Total 2846
Solihull Maternity Unit Home 6
  Netherbrook Suite 31
  Ward n/k 2
Solihull Maternity Unit Total 39
Trust Total   9053

 

2. Number of induced births in 2019

 

Hospital Ward Total
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham DAU 1
  Delivery Suite BHH 1564
  Delivery Suite Theatre BHH 195
  Eden 25
  Willow 1
  Ward n/k 83
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham Total 1869
Good Hope Maternity Unit Delivery Suite GHH 1104
  Delivery Suite Theatre GHH 178
  Ward 4 8
  Ward 5 3
  Ward n/k 9
Good Hope Maternity Unit Total 1302
Grand Total   3171

 

3. Number of instrumental deliveries in 2019

 

  Type Of Delivery  
Hospital Ward Ventouse Forceps Total
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham DAU 1 1
  Delivery Suite BHH 265 184 449
  Delivery Suite Theatre BHH 16 49 65
  Willow 2 1 3
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham Total 283 235 518
Good Hope Maternity Unit Delivery Suite GHH 153 128 281
  Delivery Suite Theatre GHH 7 66 73
Good Hope Maternity Unit Total 160 194 354
Grand Total   443 429 872

 

4. Number of emergency caesarean sections in 2019

 

Hospital Ward Emergency C-Section
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham A&E 1
  Delivery Suite BHH 400
  Delivery Suite Theatre BHH 789
  Gynae Theatre BHH 6
  Main Theatre BHH 4
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham Total 1200
Good Hope Maternity Unit Delivery Suite GHH 167
  Delivery Suite Theatre GHH 455
Good Hope Maternity Unit Total 622
Grand Total   1822

5. Number of planned caesarean sections in 2019

 

Hospital Ward Elective
C-Section
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham Delivery Suite BHH 220
  Delivery Suite Theatre BHH 661
  Gynae Theatre BHH 252
  Main Theatre BHH 9
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham Total 1142
Good Hope Maternity Unit DAU 1
  Delivery Suite GHH 1
  Delivery Suite Theatre GHH 14
Good Hope Maternity Unit Total 16
Grand Total   1158

 

6. Number of post-partum haemorrhages in total (500ml+)

 

Hospital Ward Postnatal blood loss 500-1499ml
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham Aspen Ward 1
  BBA 3
  DAU 1
  Delivery Suite BHH 971
  Delivery Suite Theatre BHH 848
  Eden 1
  Gynae Theatre BHH 170
  Main Theatre BHH 10
  PAER 1
  Willow 46
  Ward n/k 19
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham Total 2071
Good Hope Maternity Unit BBA 3
  DAU 1
  Delivery Suite GHH 374
  Delivery Suite Theatre GHH 321
  Home 1
  Ward 4 3
  Ward n/k 2
Good Hope Maternity Unit Total 705
Solihull Maternity Unit Netherbrook Suite 2
Solihull Maternity Unit Total 2
Grand Total   2778

 

 7. Number of post-partum haemorrhages (1500ml+)

 

Hospital Ward Postnatal blood loss 1500ml+
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham BBA 1
  Delivery Suite BHH 54
  Delivery Suite Theatre BHH 50
  Eden 1
  Gynae Theatre BHH 4
  Main Theatre BHH 1
  Willow 2
  Ward n/k 4
Heartlands Maternity, Birmingham Total 117
Good Hope Maternity Unit BBA 2
  Delivery Suite GHH 28
  Delivery Suite Theatre GHH 13
  Ward n/k 1
Good Hope Maternity Unit Total 44
Grand Total   161

 

Please note – all wards are on Maternity Units except those marked ‘A&E’, ‘Theatre’ and ‘Home’

‘Willow’ and ‘Netherbrook Suite’ are Midwifery led units.

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