Home births and midwives (FOI)Home births and midwives (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
28 September 2021.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
A
How many women gave birth at home in 2020?
B
How many midwives are there in Jersey?
C
How many women gave birth at home from Jan 2021 to end of July 2021?
Response
A
There were 17 registered home births of babies born between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020.
B
As this information is accessible by other means, Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. Please see page 47 of the Review of Maternity Services Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel published on the 6 July 2021.
Review of Maternity Services Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel
C
There were 28 registered home births of babies born between 1 January 2021 and 31 July 2021.
Article applied
Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.
(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.
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