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Dear Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust,

I am undertaking a study on the numbers of Public Health/Welfare
Funerals undertaken by NHS Trusts. I would appreciate it if you
would provide answers to the following FOI request.

1. The total number of public health funerals (where the deceased
has no relatives or there is no one else willing to pay) that your
Trust has undertaken for the financial years 2010/11, 2011/12,
2012/13?

2. The number of public health funerals that your Trust has
undertaken by gender for the past 3 financial years?

3. The number of public health funerals that your Trust has
undertaken by age for the past 3 financial years?
Since April 2010, how many cases have there been where family and
friends refuse to finance or make arrangements for their relatives
funeral?

4. How much have the burials/cremations cost the Trust broken down
by year for the last three financial years? This cost information
does not need to include administrative or staff costs, and before
any costs are claimed back by the local authority from the
deceased’s estate

5. How much does your trust typically (average cost) pay for a
Public Health Funeral?

6. What does your Trust provide at a Public Health Funeral?

7. What relationship do you have with your local council(s)
regarding funerals of this nature?

8. Have you observed any of the following over the last three
years?

• Higher numbers or people dying without any income or assets
• Higher numbers of people dying with family or friends unable to
contribute to the costs of a funeral
• Higher numbers of people dying with family or friends unwilling
to contribute to the costs of a funeral
• Higher numbers of people dying with no friends or family

Yours faithfully,

paul ogden

Robson Claire,

Dear Mr Ogden 

 

Thank you for your e-mail regarding your request for information under the
Freedom of Information Act.

 

I am pleased to confirm that your request was received by the Trust on 4
April 2013 and, in accordance with the Act, the Trust has 20 working days
in which to respond, ending on 2 May 2013.  An initial investigation is
currently taking place into whether the Trust holds the information you
have requested and, if so, whether the information can be released in
accordance with the legislation.

 

Any fees applicable to this request will be detailed in writing as soon as
they can be determined and, should any further clarification of your
request be required we will advise accordingly.

 

If you require any further assistance, or would like to discuss your
request any further, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned
quoting the reference number above.

 

Please note that FOI requests can be submitted to our FOI Office via
e-mail – [1][Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust request email].

 

Kind regards,

Claire Robson

 

 

 

Claire Robson (Mrs) LLM

Information Rights Manager

Southlands Assessment Unit

Rook Lane, Bobbing, Nr Sittingbourne, ME9 8DZ

 

Tel : 01795 845068

Fax : 01795 845064

[mobile number]

 

[2][email address] / [3][email address]

 

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Robson Claire,

Dear Mr Ogden

 

I write further to your recent request for information under the Freedom
of Information Act regarding public health funerals undertaken by our
organisation.

 

Following a full review of our records, I would advise that KMPT have not
undertaken any public health funerals during the three financial years
detailed in your request for information.  With this in mind, we are not
in a position to respond to the remainder of the questions laid out as
this information is not held.

 

I confirm the information above completes your request for information.  I
am also pleased to confirm that no charge will be made for this request.

 

If you have any queries, about this response please contact me.  Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communication. 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request, and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to the Complaints Manager, Kent & Medway NHS & Social
Partnership Care Trust at 35 Kingshill Avenue, Kingshill, West Malling,
Kent, ME19 4AX.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  Generally, the
Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints procedure provided by the Trust’s Complaints Department.  The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at : The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

Claire Robson

 

 

Claire Robson (Mrs) LLM

Information Rights Manager

Southlands Assessment Unit

Rook Lane, Bobbing, Nr Sittingbourne, ME9 8DZ

 

Tel : 01795 845068

Fax : 01795 845064

[mobile number]

 

[1][email address] / [2][email address]

 

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