A&E visits during early pregnancy (FOI)A&E visits during early pregnancy (FOI)
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Request
How many women in their first trimester of pregnancy attended A&E with a concern for their pregnancy over a recent 12-month period?
Response
It is not possible to provide data for first trimester Emergency Department (ED) attendance, as gestation-specific data for pregnancy-related attendances is not available to report from a central record. Whilst information on gestation would be documented in individual medical records, examining all records in scope of this request would exceed the timescales prescribed in the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014. Therefore, Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.
The data below relates to all ED attendances where pregnancy (including possible pregnancy) has been recorded as part of the diagnosis or condition of the patient, or where the ‘ED Outcome’ has been recorded as either an admission to the Maternity ward or as a Ward Attender on the Maternity ward. Ward attenders are those who have attended ED and have subsequently been sent to the Maternity Ward for investigation and / or treatment.
Without review of individual records, it is not possible to confirm that the reason for the ED attendance is definitively pregnancy-related, or to discern the stage of pregnancy.
Table 1:
ED attendances where pregnancy is recorded*, October 2023 to September 2024
*includes where pregnancy is not recorded in the diagnosis / condition data, but the outcome has been recorded as either a Ward Attender on Maternity or an admission to Maternity.
| Month / Year | Count of attendances |
| October 2023 | 30 |
November 2023
| 27 |
| December 2023 | 32 |
| January 2024 | 39 |
| February 2024 | 27 |
| March 2024 | 27 |
April 2024
| 40 |
| May 2024 | 33 |
June 2024
| 34 |
| July 2024 | 33 |
| August 2024 | 26 |
| September 2024 | 46
|
Data Source: Hospital Patient Administration System (Maxims, Report ED001)
Table 2:
ED attendances where pregnancy is recorded*, by ED Outcome, October 2023 to September 2024
*includes where pregnancy is not recorded in the diagnosis / condition data, but the outcome has been recorded as either a Ward Attender on Maternity or an admission to Maternity.
| Emergency Care Outcome | Count of attendances |
Discharged
| 281
|
| Ward Attender | 39
|
| Inpatient Admission | 34
|
| Outpatient Follow-Up | 24
|
| Did Not Wait | 9
|
| Other | 7
|
Data Source: Hospital Patient Administration System (Maxims, Report ED001)
Article applied
Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive
(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.
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