Autism call statistics
Dear North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
All questions relate to the time period 1 Jan 2019 to 31 Dec 2019
1: How many 999 calls were received?
2: Of these calls how many were responded to by a frontline ambulance?
3: How many calls responded to had ‘Autism’, ‘Asperger’s’ or ASD noted in the EPR/CAD notes?
4: Of the calls noting ‘Autism’, ‘Asperger’s’ or ‘ASD’ how many had ‘Mental Health’ as a final impression?
5: Of the calls noting ‘Autism’, ‘Asperger’s’ or ‘ASD’ how many were transported to a hospital?
Yours faithfully,
L J Harris
[1]North West Ambulance Service - NHS Trust
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North West Ambulance Service
Ladybridge Hall
Chorley New Road
Bolton
BL1 5DD
Tel: 01204498306
[mobile number]
Email: mailto:[email address]
Hello
I refer to your FOI and wish to confirm that our Health Informatics team have informed me that that we don’t currently have any way of identifying calls which involved patients with Autism/Aspergers. They have tried to identify calls by taking a sample dataset and searching keywords, which is not completely reliable for this type if reporting, and it only returned 5 results.
We are able to provide answers to your first two questions, but assume this is not applicable without being comparable to the data requested in questions 3-5.
Please can you advise how you wish me to proceed.
Regards
Sarah Morley
Freedom of Information
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Tel: 0161 279 4832
Ext: 4776
[mobile number]
www.nwas.nhs.uk
North West Ambulance Service
Ladybridge Hall
Chorley New Road
Bolton
BL1 5DD
Tel: 01204498306
[mobile number]
Email: mailto:[email address]
Good morning
I have not received a response from you following my email as below.
If I do not receive a response by Monday 27 July, I will assume you no longer require any further information and will withdraw the request.
Regards
Sarah Morley
Freedom of Information
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Tel: 0161 279 4832
Ext: 4776
[mobile number]
www.nwas.nhs.uk
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