Freedom of Information Request
Ref: 21-280
2 June 2021
By Email
Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The
Trust’s response is as follows:
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We can confirm that we do hold the information you are requesting
Please can you give me the number of deaths whereby Covid is the sole cause of death
listed and no other pre existing conditions or comorbidities were noted on the death
certificate covering the period from March 2020 until the present day. We do not capture the cause of death on our system.
Please note, the Trust does not hold the data in a format that would enable us to fully respond
to your request to the level of detail required and a manual trawl for this information would
significantly exceed the 18 hours limit set down by the FOI as the reasonable limit. Section 12
of the FOIA provides that we are not obliged to spend in excess of 18 hours in any sixty day
period locating, retrieving and identifying information in order to deal with a request for
information and therefore we are withholding this information at this time.
I would also like the number of cycles you run as standard on PCR tests, and would like
to know if the number of cycles run ever differs in relation to the recipients/patients
recent covid vaccination status, ie: do you run the same, more or less cycles if the
recipient/ patient has undergone any of the available covid vaccinations.
If this is the case please can you give an explanation.
45 thermal cycles, no the cycle run never differs.
This concludes our response. We trust that you find this helpful, but please do not hesitate to
contact us directly if we can be of any further assistance.
If, after that, you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for
an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date
of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Director of Corporate Governance
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters
Marlborough Street
Bristol
BS1 3NU
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust