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FOI 2024 081 - Domestic abuse and pregnancy guidelines

 

Information Requested:

The most recent materials/guidelines for midwives, obstetricians [and GPs if you hold it] about domestic abuse and pregnancy which staff are meant to follow when identifying and supporting a pregnant woman in their care who is a potential victim of domestic abuse. 
 
What training you give for using the DASH risk assessment (or equivalent risk assessment). 
 
What training your staff receive on coercive control and behaviour.  
 
If you have them, guidelines offered on what to look for in a pregnant person's partner as to whether they might be a domestic abuse perpetrator. 

 

Information provided for the answer:

Thank you for your recent request. 

 

Public Health Wales (PHW) do not employ midwives, obstetricians and GPs in the same sense that the Health Boards do and so we do not hold the information requested. 

 

 Public Health Wales is the public health service for Wales and as such is an independent NHS Trust. Therefore, do not have access to this information. As an organisation we have no jurisdiction over the activities of Health Boards and other NHS Wales organisations. This means we do not routinely have access to the data they produce.  I have provided contact details for all the Health Boards at the end of this response, as they may hold this information. You would need to contact them individually for any information they may hold. 
   

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board 

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/page/39187 

 

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board 

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/861/page/39134 

 

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board 

http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information-new  

 

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board  

https://cwmtafmorgannwg.wales/foi/ 

 

Swansea Bay University Health Board 

https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/about-us1/foia/ 

 

Hywel Dda University Health Board 

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/862/page/52085 

 

Powys Teaching Health Board 

http://www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information 

 

I am very sorry we are unable to help on this occasion. 

 


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If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner for Wales
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CF10 2HH

Telephone: 029 2067 8400
Email: wales@ico.org.uk