Miscarriage Care and Facilities in Scotland: Scoping Report NHS Western Isles
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.
In NHS Western Isles the majority of referrals and assessments were reported to be carried out at Uist and Barra Hospital. There are currently no assessments of women for risk of psychological distress or referrals to NHS services for mental health support following a loss at Western Isles Hospital as this is treated on a case by case basis and followed up with their GP (Table 14).
As Barra Community Hospital does not have an EPU, Maternity Unit, CMU or an Obstetrics and Gynaecology department they were not asked this question.
Western Isles Hospital |
Uist and Barra Hospital |
Barra Community Hospital |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Assessment of women for risk of psychological distress following miscarriage |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
Referring women to NHS services for mental health support following a loss |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
Referring women to third party services for mental health support following a loss |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
Referring women to NHS services for bereavement support following a loss |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
Referring women to third party services for bereavement support following a loss |
Yes |
Yes |
- |
Referring women to NHS services for counselling following a loss |
Can refer/access locally – not on this site (within this HB area) |
Yes |
- |
Referring women to third party services for counselling following a loss |
Can refer/access locally – no on this site (within this HB area) |
Yes |
- |
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