PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(9 July 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many serious incidents involving maternity care were reported by NHS Trusts covering Wiltshire in each of the last five years.
Asked by:
Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
Across the last five years, there have been a total of 116 serious incidents involving maternity care reported by National Health Service trusts covering Wiltshire. The following table shows the number of incidents per year against the trusts in Wiltshire, from 2020/21 to 2024/25:
Year | Royal United Hospitals, Bath | Salisbury Foundation Trust | Great Western Hospital | Total |
2020/21 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 26 |
2021/22 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
2022/23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
2023/24 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 29 |
2024/25 | 1 |
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| 1 |
Total | 50 | 24 | 42 |
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