Serious incidents and deaths of patients with a learning disability
George Julian made this Rhyddid Gwybodaeth request to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear Oxford University 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
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Valerie Gray
Freedom of Information Officer
Planning & Information
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way | Headington | Oxford | OX3 9DU
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Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your request sent on the 31^st January 2017. Please find
your response below.
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)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of inpatient deaths 2395 2506 2422 2329 2481
1b) the number of these deaths that were classified as unexpected
The Trust does not classify deaths as expected/unexpected. Numbers of
deaths that were investigated as Serious Incidents.
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Deaths investigated as a Serious Small numbers 11 14 11 11
Incident suppression
2a) total number of deaths that have been referred to the Coroner by the
Trust in each of the last five years
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Referrals accepted by Coroner 285 326 277 259 248
Coroner’s inquests
(The 6 91 137 178 167
electronic recording system provides data from
December 2012)
Total 291 417 414 437 415
2b) of these, the number of deaths of patients with a learning disability
referred to the Coroner
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Not recorded (Learning
Coroner referrals for deaths of disability patients 8 7
patients with a learning disability database is collated from
2015)
Coroner’s inquests for deaths of Not recorded on the electronic
patients with a learning disability recording system
Total Not recorded 8 7
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)
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of inpatient deaths of patients with 9 9 14 19 14
a learning disability
3b) of these, the number of these deaths of patients with a learning
disability that were classified as unexpected
The Trust does not classify deaths as expected/unexpected, investigated
deaths of patients with a learning disability as Serious Incidents.
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Deaths of patients with a
learning disability Not recorded on the electronic Small numbers
investigated as a Serious recording system suppression
Incident
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
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of inpatient deaths reported on NRLS 8 13 19 13 11
4b) total number of deaths at the Trust reported on Strategic Executive
Information System (STEIS) in each of the last five years
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of inpatient deaths reported Small
on STEIS numbers 12 14 11 11
suppression
4c) if possible, please indicate the number of these that relate to
patients with a learning disability
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of inpatient deaths of Not recorded on the Small
patients with a learning disability electronic recording 0 numbers
reported on NRLS system suppression
Total number of inpatient deaths of Small
patients with a learning disability Not recorded numbers
reported on STEIS suppression
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
Electronic records of initial 72-hour reviews have been held since 2015
and numbers are provided in the table below. Previous to this date paper
records are held. Accessing the paper records for the date period 2012 to
2014 would require increased staff and time allocation, under s12 FOIA
potentially exceed the cost limit £450.
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total number of initial 72-hour reviews into - - - 6 18
deaths
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.
STEIS does not request the outcome and a search of investigations cannot
be completed based on ‘death’. Between 2012 and 2016 the manner in which
STEIS has described the levels of investigations has differed. The
Independent investigations have remained the same and therefore can be
sourced and numbers provided in the table below.
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Level 3 independent investigations 0 0 0 0 Small numbers
suppression
Regards,
Valerie Gray
Freedom of Information Officer
Planning & Information
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way | Headington | Oxford | OX3 9DU
Tel: 01865 572470
Email: [1][email address]
Recipients should be aware that all emails received or sent by this Trust
are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and therefore
information within them may be disclosed to a third party. Please note
that under our obligations to the Data Protection Act 1998, we will not
disclose any personal information without your consent.
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Dear Valerie,
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my FOI request,
Best wishes
Dr George Julian
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