Public Health/Welfare Funerals

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Dear The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust,

I am undertaking a study on the numbers of Public Health/Welfare Funerals undertaken by NHS Trusts. I would appreciate it if you would provide answers to the following FOI request.

1.The total number of public health funerals (where the deceased has no relatives or there is no one else willing to pay) that your Trust has undertaken for the financial years between 2007 and 2010
2.The number of public health funerals that your Trust has
undertaken by gender for the past 3 financial years
3.The number of public health funerals that your authority has undertaken by age for the past 3 financial years
4.Since April 2009, how many cases have there been where family and friends refuse to finance or make arrangements for their relatives funeral?
5.How much have the burials/cremations cost the trust broken down by year for the last three financial years?
6.How much does your trust typically (average cost) pay for a Public Health Funeral?
7.What does your Trust provide at a Public Health Funeral?
8. what relationship do you have with your local council(s)
regarding funerals of this nature?

Yours faithfully,

Paul Ogden

FOI (The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust), The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Ogden

FOI 434- Request regarding public health funerals

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find a
letter confirming the receipt of your request for information as an
attachment to this email.

Yours Sincerely

Kate Collins

Information Governance Officer

Governance & Legal Services

Clinical Skills and Corporate Services Centre

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP

Tel: 01902307999 Ex: 8123

[The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust request email]

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dedicated FOI email address to deal with all requests made under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please update your contact address for
FOI requests accordingly. Thank you.

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FOI (The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust), The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Mr Ogden

FOI 434- Request regarding public health funerals

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request on the above
subject. We have completed our search for information and the reply can be
found as an attachment to this email.

Yours Sincerely

Kate Collins

Information Governance Officer

Governance & Legal Services

Clinical Skills and Corporate Services Centre

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP

Tel: 01902307999 Ex: 8123

[The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust request email]

Please note The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust now has a
dedicated FOI email address to deal with all requests made under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please update your contact address for
FOI requests accordingly. Thank you.

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