Please provide the name and city of the unit that you work in
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust,
Birmingham
Complementary Therapies
- How many births are there per annum at the unit where you work
Response
9001-10000
- What is your annual % of women undergoing induction of labour for postdates pregnancy rate?
Response
>10%
- Does your Trust have a Clinical Lead or Service Lead for the use of complementary therapies?
Response
No
- What care pathway does your Trust use for women with postdates pregnancy?
Response
Local Trust guideline (RCOG and NICE evidence based)
- If your trust has a complementary therapy service or clinic what provision is made for women with postdates pregnancy?
Response (please select all that apply)
No complementary therapy service
- If yOur Trust offers a complementary therapy treatment for women with postdates pregnancy, on average how many weeks gestation is the treatment offered?
Response
Not applicable (no complementary therapy service)
- Please select from the list below those professionals who are qualified as complementary therapists and routinely involved in the provision of complementary therapy services in the unit where you work (please select all that apply)
Response
NA
- Who refers women to this complementary therapy service (please select all that apply)
Response:
NA
- Is routine membrane sweeping offered to women during a complementary therapy treatment?
Response
NA
- Following a complementary therapy treatment for postdates pregnancy, on estimate how many women still require an induction of labour?
Response
NA
- If complementary therapies are used to support induction of labour, do you collect data about the effectiveness of the treatments or service?
NA
- If a multi-centre research study is funded regarding interventions to improve service provision and reduce postdates induction of labour using complementary therapies, might you be interested in participating or contributing?
Response:
Yes
If Yes, please provide the following details
Name Jo Wright Consultant Midwife and Lucy O’Leary Research Midwife
Contact details joselle.wright@heartofengland.nhs.uk lucy.o’leary@heartofengland.nhs.uk
Institution University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address for correspondence Princess of Wales Maternity Unit, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green
East, Bordesley Green, Birmingham B9 5SS
Please see attached documents.
