Miscarriage Care and Facilities in Scotland: Scoping Report NHS Dumfries and Galloway

This report details the findings of a scoping exercise to better understand miscarriage care in Scotland within this Health Board. The individual Health Board reports and the national report seek to aid policy makers and Health Boards in making decisions about improvements to Miscarriage Care


Miscarriage management and information

The Lancet series on Miscarriage Matters stated that women should be presented with the available evidence about miscarriage management and be free to choose the management approach that suits their needs and preferences.

Choice of management option

All Health Boards in Scotland reported that they ensure women can choose their preferred method of management of miscarriage. However, the geography in Scotland has implications for women in terms of how they can access their chosen approach.

Written information

All Health Boards in Scotland said that they provide written information about the treatment options for the management. However, not all sites where women may present for miscarriage care said that they provide written information on treatment options or what to expect.

Both sites in NHS Dumfries and Galloway stated that the same pathway of care for miscarriage treatment is used across all available departments on each site. Both sites in NHS Dumfries and Galloway provide written information on treatment options for the management of miscarriage and what to expect next in terms of miscarriage care (Table 14)

Table 14: Written information provided in NHS Dumfries and Galloway about:
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Galloway Community Hospital
Treatment options for the management of miscarriage Yes Yes
What to expect next in terms of miscarriage care Yes Yes
Services including third party services for mental health support following a loss Yes Yes
Services including third party services for bereavement following a loss Yes Yes

Information about management options

As well as written information, both sites in NHS Dumfries and Galloway agreed that what will happen during and after the chosen method of management of miscarriage and what happens in terms of follow-up after the management of miscarriage is fully explained to women (Table 15).

Table 15: Information about management options in NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Site What will happen DURING the chosen method of management of miscarriage is explained fully to women What will happen AFTER the chosen method of management of miscarriage is explained fully to women What will happen in terms of FOLLOW-UP after the management of miscarriage is fully explained to women
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Agree Agree Agree
Galloway Community Hospital Agree Agree Agree

Contact

Email: socialresearch@gov.scot

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