Maternity staff training and support
1. Please indicate if your Trust /Health Board provides the following training to all midwives
2. Please indicate if your Trust /Health Board provides the following training to all nurses who provide care during early pregnancy [including termination of pregnancy]
3. Please indicate if your Trust /Health Board provides the following training to all nurses (if any) who are employed within maternity to provide care during pregnancy [during antenatal and postnatal periods]
4. Please indicate if your Trust /Health Board provides the following training to all anaesthetists who work within maternity
5. Please indicate if your Trust /Health Board provides the following training to all obstetricians and gynaecologists
6. Please indicate if your Trust /Health Board provides the following training to all Lactation Consultants / Infant Feeding Specialists
7. Please indicate if your Trust / Health Board provides the following training to all support staff working within maternity [HCAs / MSWs]
8. Please indicate if your Trust / Health Board provides the following training to all sonographers
9. Does your Trust /Health Board have a SARC referral centre on site? [please circle]
10. Do you provide specific training in relation to SARC referrals to the relevant members of the maternity team? [please circle]
11. Does your Health Board / Trust have any specific maternity related resources that staff can use to support them / guide them in providing care to survivors who have disclosed? [please circle]
12. Please provide as much detail as you are able to about the resources [then go to q.14]
13. Are there any plans in place to create / obtain such maternity related resources? If yes, please state in as much detail as you are able to
14. Do you provide any specific support to maternity staff members who themselves are survivors of sexual violence and/or sexual abuse? [please circle]
15. Please describe the support in as much detail as you are able [then go to q.17]
16. Are there any plans in place to create / obtain such maternity related resources? If yes, please state in as much detail as you are able to
Specialist maternity roles
17. Does your Trust/Health Board have any members of staff within your maternity department who provide specialist services / guidance to colleagues in relation to care for survivors of sexual violence and/or sexual abuse? [please circle]
18. Please state which members of the maternity team provide these services and what further training they receive in order to undertake this role. Please state if no further training is undertaken [please then go to q. 20]
19. Please describe how members of the maternity team are supported to ensure that survivors of sexual violence and /or sexual abuse receive the maternity care that they require
Clinical care provision within maternity
20. Are women who disclose domestic violence or abuse routinely asked if they have experienced sexual violence or sexual abuse? [please circle]
21. Does your Health Board / Trust provide any maternity specific specialist clinical or support services for survivors? [Examples could include information leaflets, specialist clinics, care pathways, peer support groups, infant feeding support, flagging system on clinical notes] [please circle]
22. Please provide as much detail as you are able to about these services
23. Do you collect demographic information about who accesses these services? [please circle]
24. Please provide as much demographic information as you are able [then go to q.26]
25. Are there any plans in place to develop any specialist services? If so, please provide as much detail as you are able
Organisation details
26. [Organisation wide] Does your Trust/Health Board have any members of staff across your organisation who provide specialist services / guidance to colleagues in relation to care for survivors of sexual violence and/or sexual abuse?
27. Please state who provides these services and what training they receive. Please state if they do not receive any further training
28. [Organisation wide] Please indicate if your Trust /Health Board provides the following training to all clinical staff
29. [Organisation wide] Does your Health Board / Trust have any generic or other speciality specific [such as ophthalmology] resources that staff across your organisation can use to support them / guide them in providing care to survivors who have disclosed? [please circle]
30. Please provide as much detail as you are able to about the resources [then please go to q.32]
31. Are there any plans in place to create / obtain such resources? If yes, please state in as much detail as you are able to
32. Please state the name of the NHS organisation completing this survey

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