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FOI Request 2128 - Perineal Tears |
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Written by FOI Lead
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| Case Number |
2128 |
| Request Date |
07/07/2010 |
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Details of the Request
| Survey of perineal tears and obstetric practice in the UK. |
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| Completion Date |
23/07/2010 |
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Details of the Response
Thank you for your request to Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust regarding a midwifery questionnaire.
Please find the completed questionnaire below:
| Total |
Primiparous |
Multiparous |
Don’t Know |
| All Births (women delivered) |
3912 |
1852 |
2060 |
| Vaginal deliveries (SVD) |
2249 |
859 |
1390 |
| Forceps deliveries |
194 |
166 |
28 |
| Ventouse deliveries |
362 |
289 |
73 |
| Failed ventouse – Forceps deliveries |
83 |
74 |
9 |
| Elective caesarean section |
452 |
106 |
346 |
| Emergency caesarean section |
646 |
434 |
212 |
| Second degree tears |
1041 |
512 |
529 |
| Sutured second degree tears |
1035 |
512 |
517 |
| Episiotomies |
631 |
520 |
111 |
| Third degree tears |
87 |
65 |
22 |
| Fourth degree tears |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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| Type of Hospital/Unit? |
Obstetrician Led Labour Ward |
| Is midline episiotomy performed in your Unit? |
NO |
| How are third and fourth degree tears classified for data collection? |
3rd & 4th degree tears together |
| Do you have a designated perineal clinic |
Yes |
| If yes is it |
Obstetrician led |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:48 )
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