Question 1
1a) Have any of your midwife-led units been temporarily suspended or unavailable to people at any point during the last 6 months? (1st June 2021 – 1st December 2021)
1b) If so, how many times was each one temporarily suspended or unavailable? If you have more than one maternity service, please specify the numbers per service.
1c) What were the reasons for each suspension or closure? If you have more than one maternity service, please specify the reasons for each.
i) Insufficient staffing numbers
ii) Bed shortages
iii) Both bed and staffing shortages
iv) Other, please specify
Question 2
2a) Have people been “diverted” from your maternity services (obstetric unit/midwife-led unit/birth centre) to another hospital at any point during the last 6 months (1st June 2021 – 1st December 2021) including for any period lasting less than 4 hours?
2b) If so, how many times were people diverted? If you have more than one maternity service, please specify the numbers per service.
2c) What were the reasons for the diversions? If you have more than one maternity service, please specify the numbers per service.
i) Insufficient staffing numbers
ii) Bed shortages
iii) Both bed and staffing shortages
iv) Other, please specify
Question 3
3a) How many midwives do you employ?
3b) How many of your midwives are currently signed off on long-term sick leave?
3c) How many midwives on are on long-term sick leave due to anxiety/stress/depression/other psychiatric illnesses
