FOI26-002 Pregnancy Incidents in Caithness
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI26-002 Pregnancy Incidents in Caithness
- Request Date
- 01 Jan 2026
- Response Date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Information Requested
I wish to make Freedom of Information Requests for the number of pregnant women the Scottish Ambulance Service have transferred from the following postcodes. KW1, KW2, KW3, KW5, KW6, KW7, KW12 KW7, KW12 & KW14. To Raigmore Hospital in Inverness IV2 3UJ & subsequently gave birth.
Along with the number of pregnant women the Scottish Ambulance Service have transferred from Caithness General Hospital in Wick KW1 5NS. To Raigmore Hospital in Inverness IV2 3UJ & subsequently gave birth.
Both in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025. With a breakdown of each year.
- Response
The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) does not hold information on whether a patient conveyed to hospital subsequently gave birth. SAS records clinical information relating to the incident we attend and the care provided during that specific episode only. We do not receive updates from hospitals on clinical outcomes after arrival. As such, we are unable to confirm whether any transfer subsequently resulted in a birth. Accordingly, under Section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, we must advise that this information is not held.
The information provided below details the number of conveyances between the locations requested where an obstetric emergency was incident was indicated; they may or may not have subsequently resulted in a birth. Information has only been provided for the years that are held within the Scottish Ambulance Service’s systems; any years not provided is considered information not held.
Important information to consider when interpreting this data
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.
Please see the table below detailing the total number of pregnant women who have been transferred to Raigmore Hospital from the postcode areas requested broken down by year.
T2 - Conveyed to Raigmore - Closure Diagnostic Code 24 Pregnancy - Incident Postcodes KW1, KW2, KW3, KW5, KW6, KW7, KW12 AND KW14
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
<5
32
25
11
12
12
17
13
6
T3 - Conveyed to Raigmore - Closure Diagnostic Code 24 Pregnancy - Incident Postcodes KW1, KW2, KW3, KW5, KW6, KW7, KW12 AND KW14
2025
5
Please see the table below detailing the total number of pregnant women that were transferred from Caithness General Hospital to Raigmore Hospital for the years requested.
Inter-Hospital Transfers from Caithness to Raigmore - Obstetric Emergency
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
<5
5
7
12
9
<5
