Febrile Neutropenia

Dear Mr Clark

RE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
REF. NO 12130

I am acknowledging receipt of your request.

The Freedom of Information act stipulates that the Trust has 20 working
days to reply from the receipt of the request. I am confirming your
request was received on 21/01/09. This means that the Trust will need to
respond to you by 18 February 2009.

Please contact me if you do not receive a response by this date.

Laura Mason
Communications Manager
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

01872 252934

>>> Robert Clark <[FOI #6482 email]> 21/01/2009
14:40 >>>

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could I obtain the number of people who were diagnosed with
chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia and the number of deaths
due to chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in 2008?

Yours faithfully,

Robert Clark

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Dear Mr Clark

I am sorry that we have not yet responded to your FOI request. We have
been able to partially complete our investigations but would need to
review individual case records to enable us to provide an accurate
response. We will respond as soon as we are able.

Laura Mason
Communications Manager

>>> Robert Clark <[FOI #6482 email]> 21/01/2009
14:40 >>>

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could I obtain the number of people who were diagnosed with
chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia and the number of deaths
due to chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in 2008?

Yours faithfully,

Robert Clark

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Dear Mr Clark

I must apologise for the protracted delay in responding to your FOI
request. In order that this information could be provided one of our
clinicians has spent a considerable time reviewing casenotes to ensure our
response is as accurate as possible.

As a result of his investigations, of the six cases identified through the
coding mechanism within our data system, only 1 was a true case of
neutropenic sepsis and it was not considered that any alternative
management could have avoided death.

If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request and wish to
make a complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to:

Director of Corporate Affairs

Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust

Royal Cornwall Hospital

Truro TR1 3LJ

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally the ICO
cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure
provide by the Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner’s Officer, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Laura Mason

Communication Manager

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

>>> Robert Clark <[FOI #6482 email]> 24/04/2009
10:31 >>>

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would be grateful if I could obtain the number of people who were
diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia and the
number of deaths due to chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in
2008 as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Clark

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