Elderly Patients

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Dear London Ambulance Service,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to this freedom of information request.

I am keen to know if you can help me with some statistics for your elderly patients.

I would like to know if you can provide me with an average figure, as a percentage, of your emergency face-to-face patients (that is, those that call 999/111 and receive an emergency ambulance response) that are over the age of 75.

I appreciate that this may be difficult to gauge as calls are different each year, but I would be happy with either a figure for a 12 month period, or as an extended figure over a set period of time, for example five years.

This figure does not have to be exact, as I am aware some patients do not stipulate their age when calling 999, and upon arrival of the crew the age may be different, but as a rough estimation as a percentage of logged 999 calls to yourselves, this would help my work greatly into elderly care.

I am grateful to you for facilitating this request.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Williams

FOI Admin, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Thank you for your request for information placed under the Freedom of
Information Act (2000). We will provide you with a substantive response in
due course. Freedom of Information Office London Ambulance Service NHS
Trust

FOI Admin, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Dear Mr Williams

 

Your request for information has been handled under the Freedom of
Information Act.  Please find below the information requested.

 

%
Over
Year 75
2014 24.3%
2015 25.1%
2016 25.0%
2017 25.3%
2018 25.2%

 

Please note, data regarding the patient’s age is given to us by the 999
caller, therefore, if the patient is not known to the caller, they may
have provided an estimate of the patient’s age.

 

Regards

 

 

Janice Abraham

Information Governance Manager

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

[1][email address]

020 7783 2730

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Janice,

Many thanks for your prompt reply on this matter. Happy new year.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Williams