Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 372-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
-To which LMNS does your trust belong to?
-Is your trust a tertiary Fetal Medicine Unit?
-Does your trust do a routine late third trimester scan for every woman in pregnancy?
Regarding growth scans in the second or third trimester:
-To calculate HC do you use HC or BPD + OFD?
-To calculate AC do you use AC or TAPD + APD?
-To plot FL centile which biometry chart do you use? (eg Chitty )
-To plot HC centile which biometry chart do you use? (eg Chitty )
-To plot AC centile which biometry chart do you use? (eg Chitty )
-What algorithm do you use to calculate Estimated Fetal Weight?
(Eg Hadlock (HC, AC, FL), Hadlock (BPD-HC-AC-FL), Hadlock (FL-AC), Warsof (BPD-AC), Persson (BPD-TAD-APAD-FL), Hansmann et al, Combs, Souka, INTERGROWTH-21ST or other)
-What centile reference chart do you use to plot the Estimated Fetal Weight?
-Does your trust use GAP-GROW?
-To measure Amniotic Fluid does your trust measure Deepest Vertical Pool or measure Amniotic Fluid Index?
-Which chart do you use to plot the amniotic fluid volume?
-When measuring Uterine Artery Doppler PI and PSV which reference centile chart do you use?
-When measuring Umbilical Artery Doppler PI and PSV which reference centile chart do you use?
-When measuring Middle Cerebral Artery Doppler PI and PSV which reference centile chart do you use?
-When measuring Ductus Venosus Doppler PI and PSV which reference centile chart do you use?
-Do you use the same charts for fetal biometry, Amniotic Fluid Index and Dopplers across all hospitals in your trust and all trusts in LMNS region?
Our response:
The Trust does not hold the information requested. Please contact Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.