FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/02259
- Request Date
- March 5, 2018
- Subject
- Child Births
- Description
- Please could you tell me the total number of live births and separate out the number of live births with Down syndrome in your Trust in the past 7 years?
- Also could you tell me if it has, when your hospital started to recommend NIPT (Non Invasive Prenatal Testing) to mothers?
- Response
1.
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Number of live births 3064 3061 3087 3013 3140 2990 2995 2934 Number of live births with Down syndrome 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 3 2.
Dates: From – to NIPT offered for free within Trust (also interested to know to what chance level this would be offered ie 1:150 or other) No
NIPT mentioned as an option, but only available outside of Trust, ie by private providers not connected with the hospital/Trust Yes from 2015 to present
NIPT mentioned as an option, and available within the Trust if patient willing to pay Not available at this Trust.