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
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 that 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.
In NHS Forth Valley, Forth Valley Royal Hospital reported that all management options are carried out on this site.
Written information
All Health Boards in Scotland said that they provide written information about the treatment options for the management of miscarriage and what to expect in terms of miscarriage care. However, not all sites where women may present for miscarriage care said that they provide written information on treatment options or what to expect.
NHS Forth Valley stated that the same pathway of care for miscarriage treatment is used across all available departments on the site (Table 14). All miscarriage guidelines are available on the intranet for the Health Board to aid in decisions for referral.
| Forth Valley Royal Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Treatment options for the management of miscarriage | Yes |
| What to expect next in terms of miscarriage care | Yes |
| Services including third party services for mental health support following a loss | Yes |
| Services including third party services for bereavement following a loss | Yes |
Forth Valley Royal Hospital reported that written information about treatment options for miscarriage and what to expect next is currently provided at this site. Similarly, written information about mental health and bereavement support was also provided.
Information about management options
As well as written information, information about 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 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. However, this was done once the pathway of care for the Health Board had been followed and the patient was at the site that would offer treatment for miscarriage (Table 15).
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forth Valley Royal Hospital | Agree | Agree | Agree |
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