Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

SWBTB (2/10) 035 (a)
Table 3 Complete profile of respondents against option choice
Gender
Option 1 Option 2 Option 3
Female 180 23.08% 154 19.74% 287 36.79%
Male 12 1.54% 19 2.44% 27 3.46%
Age
under 16 5 0.64% 10 1.28% 8 1.03%
16-18 7 0.90% 12 1.54% 7 0.90%
19-29 78 10.00% 62 7.95% 124 15.90%
30-39 76 9.74% 57 7.31% 96 12.31%
40-49 19 2.44% 23 2.95% 38 4.87%
50-64 3 0.38% 10 1.28% 25 3.21%
65 or over 1 0.13% 2 0.26% 5 0.64%
Status
Parent 115 14.74% 110 14.10% 193 24.74%
Grandparent 3 0.38% 11 1.41% 18 2.31%
Pregnant
Women/Partner
49 6.28% 23 2.95% 58 7.44%
Guardian 0 0.00% 3 0.38% 2 0.26%
Completing on
behalf of an
organisation
9 1.15% 12 1.54% 10 1.28%
3.1 Common Concerns
Across all the options, there were a number of commonly raised concerns and these have been
summarised below.
3.1.1 Travel
Travel was the most commonly raised issue for the focus groups, public meetings, consultation
events and staff consultation, as well as featuring heavily in the comments made on completed
questionnaires.
The key issues relating to travel are:
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