Miscarriage Care and Facilities in Scotland: Scoping Report NHS Forth Valley
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
Staff guidance, skills and training
Written clinical guidance
NHS Forth Valley reported that Forth Valley Royal Hospital offer written clinical guidance for clinical staff on the appropriate treatment and care for miscarriage at all gestations. There is strong agreement that all necessary staff that require access to this clinical guidance have access to it and they agreed that this guidance is followed for women experiencing miscarriage (Table 22).
| Forth Valley Royal Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Is there written clinical guidance for clinical staff on the appropriate treatment and care for miscarriage at all gestations within this site? | Yes, at all gestations |
| All staff that need to have access to the clinical guidance on miscarriage care have access to it | Strongly agree |
| The clinical guidance on miscarriage care is followed by all staff that care for women experiencing miscarriage | Agree |
The recommendations from the Lancet on skills and training for miscarriage care are shown in Table 23 below.
In NHS Forth Valley, the Forth Valley Royal Hospital reported that there were barriers to providing tailored miscarriage services due to a lack of a lead nurse for the EPU. While several nurses have a special interest in this service they do not have time to run a nurse led recurrent miscarriage clinic.
| Forth Valley Royal Hospital | |
|---|---|
| There are staff with additional specialist training to deal with all baby losses from early pregnancy to stillbirth | Provided on site |
| There are midwives/nurses with additional specialist training to provide comprehensive miscarriage care | Provided on site |
| There are midwives/nurses with additional specialist training for recurrent miscarriage care | Not currently provided - no plans to implement |
| Specialised medical staff are trained specifically for recurrent miscarriage care | Provided on site |
| Doctors are trained to provide comprehensive miscarriage care | Provided on site |
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