0076FOI1920
FOI Ref: 0076FOI1920
7th August 2019
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information
We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:
Request/response
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 about psychological support for parents who have experienced pregnancy or baby loss in NHS Sheffield CCG area.
This is part of a nationwide request for information on behalf of the Baby Loss Awareness Week Alliance, to help build up a picture of psychological support available for parents who have experienced pregnancy or baby loss.
I would be interested in any information held by your organisation regarding my request.
1. Do you specifically commission talking therapies for people following pregnancy/birth? (please delete as appropriate)
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For both parents |
For the mother only |
For the father or partner only |
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No
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No
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No |
1.1 Are people who have had the following experiences able to access these services? (Please delete as appropriate) N/A – see answer above.
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Experience |
Both parents |
Mother only |
Father or partner only |
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Miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and molar pregnancy |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
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Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Anomaly (ToPFA) |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
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Stillbirth |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
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Neonatal Death |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
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Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
Yes/No/Unsure |
2. Do you commission a specialist therapy service for the people who have had the following experiences? (Please delete as appropriate)
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Experience |
Both parents |
Mother only |
Father or partner only |
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Miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and molar pregnancy |
No |
No |
No |
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Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Anomaly (ToPFA) |
No |
No |
No |
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Stillbirth |
No |
No |
No |
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Neonatal Death |
No |
No |
No |
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Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) |
No |
No |
No |
3. Do you hold any more information on psychological support for parents who have experienced pregnancy or baby loss that maybe useful in helping us to understand the services they can access in your area? (Free text)
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Although the CCG does not commission a specific service, we would expect Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust to provide a level of support where the loss causes significant mental ill health. The IAPT service isn’t able to provide on-going psychological ‘support’ specifically for parents who have experienced pregnancy or baby loss however it may be that we offer psychological interventions for people who experience depression/anxiety which could be as a result of this and would usually look to referring on to a more specialised service for tailored support if this is what the patient needs. Generally however on the IAPT website and on the Sheffield mental health guide, there is simply signposting to charities. In the case of people being under the care of the perinatal service at the time of miscarriage or stillbirth or if there was a neonatal death of the baby, the service will work to discharge the mother in a sensitive, timely way, signposting to one of a number of charities in the city. If there has been no contact with the perinatal service, no support would be offered by that service. The following providers may be able to offer more information: Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust: foi@shsc.nhs.uk Sheffield Children’s Hospital: foi@sch.nhs.uk
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