Deaths caused by care in 2021/22
Dear Sir/Madam,
With reference to the following reporting guidelines set out by NHS Improvement (see page 15, prescribed information 27.1 to 27.5, link here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/up...)
1) Please tell me in the reporting period 2021/22 the number of deaths that occurred at your Trust for which a case record review or investigation has been carried out which the provider judges as a result of the review or investigation were more likely than not to have been due to problems in the care provided to the patient, with an explanation of the methods used to assess this.
NOTE: By 'more likely than not' caused by care, I mean given a score of 3 (probably avoidable), 2 (strong evidence of avoidability) or 1 (definitely avoidable) on the inpatient structured judgement reviews (SJR), as assessed using the Royal College of Physicians avoidability of death criteria. If you do not use this system, please ignore this note.
2) Please provide me with a brief overview of the FIRST FIVE incidents in 2021/22 identified in question 3 (i.e. cases of deaths that were more likely than not caused by problems in care), withholding any identifying information that would run into a Section 40 exemption.
3) Finally, can you please summarise what the Trust learnt and what actions have been taken as a result of the aforementioned cases/investigations.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Tovey
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Joanne
Joanne Sturdy
Information Governance Officer
Department for Information Governance, Caldicott & SIRO Support
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
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Sheffield
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Dear Mark
Please find enclosed herewith our response to your request for
information, made under the Freedom of Information Act.
Kind regards
Joanne
Joanne Sturdy
Information Governance Officer
Department for Information Governance, Caldicott & SIRO Support
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
2 Claremont Place
Sheffield
S10 2TB
Tel: 0114 226 5151
email: [1][email address]
"This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are
addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are those of the author and do
not represent the views of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust unless otherwise explicitly stated. The information contained in
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Information Act 2000. Unless the information is legally exempt from
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