FOI release

Maternity Deaths 2010 - 2015

Some or all of the information requested was not provided because we didn't hold it.

Case reference FOI2026/00771

Received 20 March 2026

Published 8 July 2026

Request

Dear Team, Please would you give us the number of stillbirths at the JR Hospital maternity unit between 2010 - 2015? Could you tell us the number of neonatal deaths at the JR maternity unit between 2010 - 2015? Could you tell us how many of these deaths (stillbirths and neonatal deaths) were infants of mothers referred in from other areas/trusts, and how many were of mothers in the JR's normal catchment area? How many internal reviews into baby deaths were conducted between 2010 - 2015? How many of those internal reviews were graded C or D? We look forward to hearing from you within 20 working days. If you do not hold this information we would like to know why not, and where we could obtain it. Thank you very much.

Response

Please would you give us the number of stillbirths at the JR Hospital maternity unit between 2010 - 2015?

Could you tell us the number of neonatal deaths at the JR maternity unit between 2010 - 2015?

Could you tell us how many of these deaths (stillbirths and neonatal deaths) were infants of mothers referred in from other areas/trusts, and how many were of mothers in the JR's normal catchment area?
How many internal reviews into baby deaths were conducted between 2010 - 2015?

How many of those internal reviews were graded C or D?

Data not held.

We have extracted stillbirth and neonatal death data directly from MBRRACE-UK for the period 2013–2015, which represents the earliest years for which data are held in a consistent, national format that can be reliably reported.

 

Trust or Health Board/unit

Period

Late fetal loss

Stillbirth

Early neonatal deaths

Late neonatal deaths

Post neonatal deaths

All deaths

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust summary by year

2013 reported deaths

1

35

27

11

0

74

2014 reported deaths

1

34

30

12

0

77

2015 reported deaths

0

31

23

8

0

62

 

We have been unable to source equivalent data for the preceding period (2010–2012). During those years, maternity governance and reporting arrangements differed significantly from current practice, with information recorded across multiple sources, some of which were paper-based, and without a single consolidated dataset. As a result, the Trust does not hold this historical information in a format that enables reliable retrospective reporting.

In addition, the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT), including formal grading of reviews, was not introduced until 2018. PMRT grading is therefore not available for any part of the period covered by this FOI request.

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