Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

SWBTB (2/10) 035 (a)
2.3 Reach
780 people completed and returned the Maternity Services Review (MSR) questionnaire.
Completed questionnaires came from a range of sources:
• HOBtPCT PPI team 238 (32.5%)
• Sandwell PCT PPI team 187 (24%)
• Focus groups 174 (23%)
• Completed online 102 (13%)
• Freepost returns 65 ((8%)
• Public meetings 14 (less than 2%)
Of the 780 people who completed the MSR questionnaires:
• 682 (88%) were women
• 63 (8%) were men (35 people gave no answer to the question about gender).
• 30 (4%) identified themselves as having a disability with a further 9 people indicating
they were not sure whether or not they were disabled.
The tables on the following page show the breakdown of respondents by both age and
ethnicity. It is worth noting that many people in the Somali community will identify themselves
as African on ethnicity monitoring forms.
Table 1 Age Profile of Respondents
Age Total Percentage Age Total Percentage
under 16 26 3.33% 40-49 88 11.28%
16-18 30 3.85% 50-64 45 5.77%
19-29 277 35.51% 65 or over 13 1.67%
30-39 251 32.18% No Answer 50 6.41%
Of the 780 respondents, 136 (17%) had no children, 139 (18%) were pregnant women or their
partners, 37 (5%) were grandparents, 32 (4%) completed the form on behalf of an organisation,
7 (less than 1%) were guardians and 459 (60%) were parents, of which:
• 207 (26.5%) had 1 child
• 212 (27%) had 2 children
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