Written Question · S2W-00759 · Session 2
Further to the answer to question S2O-109 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 June 2003, how many maternity hospitals meet the Expert Group on Acute M…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2O-109 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 June 2003, how many maternity hospitals meet the Expert Group on Acute Maternity Services' recommendations that consultant-led maternity units dealing with low- to medium-risk pregnancies should have on-site paediatric facilities and that tertiary referral centres dealing with more than 3,000 deliveries per annum should have access to neonatal surgery.
The answer
Consultant-led maternity units dealing with low- to medium-risk pregnancies and labour are described, within A Framework for Maternity Services in Scotland, as providing level IIb intrapartum care. There are three consultant-led units providing IIb care and all have access to on-site paediatric facilities. All four tertiary referral centres in Scotland have access to neonatal surgery.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-00759 by reference.