Miscarriage Care and Facilities in Scotland: Scoping Report NHS Lothian
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
Referrals and assessment following a loss
All sites were asked if they provide or can access referrals and assessments for support services following a loss.
Within NHS Lothian both sites reported that the services listed below are not available on their site but that they are able to refer women to the services elsewhere within the Health Board area for acute complex cases. St John’s Hospital also said that there is a perinatal mental health team they can refer women t (Table 16).
| Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | St John’s Hospital | |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment of women for risk of psychological distress following miscarriage | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) |
| Referring women to NHS services for mental health support following a loss | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) |
| Referring women to third party services for mental health support following a loss | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) |
| Referring women to NHS services for bereavement support following a loss | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) |
| Referring women to third party services for bereavement support following a loss | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) |
| Referring women to NHS services for counselling following a loss | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) |
| Referring women to third party services for counselling following a loss | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) | Can refer/access locally - not on this site (within this HB area) |
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