Serious incidents and deaths of patients with a learning disability

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Dear Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust,

Please could you provide the following information:

1a) total number of deaths that have occurred at the Trust in each of the the last five years (please provide data broken down by year)
1b) the number of these deaths that were classified as unexpected

2a) total number of deaths that have been referred to the Coroner by the Trust in each of the last five years
2b) of these, the number of deaths of patients with a learning disability referred to the Coroner

3a) total number of deaths of patients with a learning disability that have occurred at the Trust in each of the last five years (please provide total number and indicate whether they were inpatients at the time of their deaths)
3b) of these, the number of these deaths of patients with a learning disability that were classified as unexpected

4a) total number of deaths at the Trust reported as an incident on the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) in each of the last five years
4b) total number of deaths at the Trust reported on Strategic Executive Information System (STEIS) in each of the last five years
4c) if possible, please indicate the number of these that relate to patients with a learning disability

5a) total number of initial 72-hour reviews into deaths (as defined by the NHS Serious Incident Framework) in each of the last five years
5b) total number of investigations into deaths (as defined by the NHS SI Framework) in each of the last five years - please provide data broken down by severity, Level 1 internal investigations, Level 2 comprehensive internal investigations, Level 3 independent investigations. Please also indicate whether the numbers refer to investigations opened or completed.

Many thanks for your time.

Yours faithfully,
Dr George Julian

FOI-requests (PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Dear Emailer

 

Thank you for your enquiry.  I am away from the office until 01/02/2017
and do not have cover in my absence.  If you are submitting a:

 

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Please regard this email as an acknowledgement of your request. 

 

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information, please resubmit your request to
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Yours faithfully

 

The Freedom of Information Manager

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FOI-requests (PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

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[1]Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

 

Plymouth Hospitals

NHS Trust

Central Records Library

Bush Park

Plymouth

PL6 7RG

 

[2][Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust request email]

 

01/02/2017

Our ref: 17FoI064

Your ref:  Email received 31/01/2017

 

[3][FOI #385932 email]

 

Dear George Julian

 

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Acknowledgement

 

We have received your request for information made under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will endeavour to respond at the
earliest opportunity. 

 

The demand for information continues to increase.  If at any point in the
process you no longer require any of the information you have requested,
can you please let me know and I will cancel those parts accordingly? 

 

Yours faithfully

 

S Edmunds

Freedom of Information Manager

 

 

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