Internal Reference Number: FOI_9525
Date Request Received: 07/07/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 17/07/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: maternity-emergency departments
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I would like to make the following Freedom of Information request. This section relates to your maternity department(s): a. Please tell me whether your maternity unit(s) have 24/7 presence of consultant obstetricians 鈥� by which I mean at least one consultant obstetrician being present, on site in the maternity unit 24 hours a day, seven days a week. b. If no to question 1, please specify which hours of the day and week there are no consultant obstetricians present, on site in the maternity unit. c. Please specify the on-call requirements for consultant obstetricians in terms of any maximum travel times or distances from home to hospital. | |
| Answer To Question 1: a. No. b. Not present from 19.00 - 08.30. c. 30 minutes or 10 miles as per Consultant Contract. | |
| Question Number 2: This section relates to your emergency department(s) Please tell me the longest time any patient spent in your emergency department (in days or hours) from arrival to departure (ie. when they were admitted, transferred or discharged) in each of the following years: a. 2026 to date b. 2025 | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see our response to questions 2,3,4 and 6 in the attached spreadsheet. To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below:  13867 - FOI_9525 - Maternity-emergency departments Q2, 3, 4 and 6.xlsx | |
| Question Number 3: Please tell me how many patients spent over seven days in your emergency department (ie. when they were admitted, transferred or discharged) in each of the following years: a. 2026 to date b. 2025 | |
| Answer To Question 3: 0 patients in either years | |
| Question Number 4: Please tell me how many patients spent over 31 days in your emergency department (ie. when they were admitted, transferred or discharged) in each of the following years: a. 2026 to date b. 2025 | |
| Answer To Question 4: 0 patients in either years | |
| Question Number 5: Please tell me whether the trust has any policy in place to avoid the following groups of patients being cared for in corridors in emergency departments? If yes, please provide details. a. children b. mental health patients c. patients with learning disabilities, neurodivergence, autistic patients d. patients with physical disabilities e. patients who have dementia, confusion or delirium | |
| Answer To Question 5: a. children - Yes, Excluded from being placed in corridor care b. mental health patients 鈥� Yes, Excluded from being placed in corridor care c. patients with learning disabilities, neurodivergence, autistic patients 鈥� Not specifically excluded d. patients with physical disabilities - Not specifically excluded e. patients who have dementia, confusion or delirium 鈥� Not specifically excluded The policy states that all patients should be assessed by a Doctor and be waiting an inpatient bed. | |
| Question Number 6: Can the trust confirm whether any of the following groups of patients have been cared for in corridors in emergency departments since 1st January 2026? Please indicate Y (yes) or N (no) next to each one: a. children b. mental health patients c. patients with learning disabilities, neurodivergence, autistic patients d. patients with physical disabilities e. patients who have dementia, confusion or delirium | |
| Answer To Question 6: Please see attached | |
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