FOI 26-009 Pregnancy Incidents
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 26-009 Pregnancy Incidents
- Request Date
- 05 Jan 2026
- Response Date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Information Requested
For the calendar year 2025, please could you share: 1) The number of maternity related calls you received and what percentage of your total calls this equates to 2) The number of babies you delivered 3) The number of cases of a) Post-partum haemorrhage b) Breech birth c) Shoulder dystocia d) Cord prolapse e) Neonatal resuscitation f) Women you attended in labour
- Response
This information has been provided in two tables as a new clinical system is being phased in. This phased system has been in place since June 24 and involves only a portion of Scotland. There is the possibility that an incident from the Terrapace 3 system could be counted in the Terrapace 2 system and therefore the figures in the table should NOT be added together.
For the given data, you will see that some of the figures are shown as, five or less than five, please note that this figure has been suppressed because the statistical value is less than five. The Scottish Ambulance service has a duty, under the Data Protection Act to avoid directly or indirectly revealing any personal details. It is therefore widely understood that provision of statistics on small numbers, five or less are statistically suppressed upon disclosure.
Q1 – The percentage was calculated using the total overall figure of incidents attended. Pregnancy Incidents T2 % of all Emg Incidents attended 1129 0.21% Pregnancy Incidents T3 % of all Emg Incidents attended 1902 0.35%
Q2 – The number of babies delivered for 2024: T2 – 103; T3 – 31
Q3 – Please see the tables below detailing the reportable pregnancy incidents noted for 2024:
Shoulder Dystocia Incidents T2
Breech Incidents T2
Cord Prolapse Incidents T2
Labour Incidents T2
PPH Incidents T2
New Born Resus
Terrapace 2
<5
6
<5
144
17
<5
Terrapace 3
<5
8
<5
391
17
<5
*Newborn resus has been defined as 28 days and under
