Hospital Death Certification Costs.
Dear Hywel Dda University Health Board,
1. Please will you provide details of costs associated with issuing Death Certificates for inpatient deaths leading to Cremation.?
2. Have any changes been made to Death Certification during the Coronavirus Pandemic for NHS inpatient hospital deaths ?---- please will you provide details both prior to, and following, any Coronavirus changes in the Death Certification process.
3.1 Are any NHS Hospital Medical Professionals paid in a private capacity for completing any Hospital Death Certificates, please provide details.
3.2 Are all such private fees/payments made, accepted by the Medical Professional involved.Please can you indicate how many payments are not accepted.?
3.3 Where such payments are not accepted by the Medical Professional completing the death certificates, are the costs reduced to the family/estate of the deceased patient?.
Yours faithfully,
DAVID HAWKER
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From: FOI HywelDda (Hywel Dda UHB - Freedom of Information)
Sent: 18 February 2021 09:46
To: 'DAVID HAWKER' <[FOI #729187 email]>
Subject: RE: FOI request - Hospital Death Certification Costs -
Acknowledgement
Thank you for your recent request for the supply of information from Hywel
Dda University Health Board.
Under the Act, the Health Board is required to supply the information to
you within 20 working days, therefore the date by which you can expect to
receive a response is 17 March 2021.
Given the current Covid-19 situation there has been a delay with our
responses. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may
cause.
Please find attached our [3]leaflet giving guidance on our procedure for
managing requests for information that is covered under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
Yours sincerely
Rebecca Davies
Freedom of Information Officer/Swyddog Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
I am currently working from home, therefore I am only contactable via
email as my office phone is un-manned. Please get in touch via email and I
will respond at the earliest opportunity.
Rhif Ffôn / Telephone Number: 01267 239892 (WHTN 01825 4892)
E-bost/ Email: [4][Hywel Dda LHB request email] /
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Dear David
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.
Diolch/Thank you,
Rebecca Davies
Freedom of Information Officer/Swyddog Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
I am currently working from home, therefore I am only contactable via
email as my office phone is un-manned. Please get in touch via email and I
will respond at the earliest opportunity.
Rhif Ffôn / Telephone Number: 01267 239892 (WHTN 01825 4892)
E-bost/ Email: [1][email address]
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Dear Hywel Dda University Health Board,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Hywel Dda University Health Board's handling of my FOI request 'Hospital Death Certification Costs.'.
Please will you examine your Answer to the first part of my FOI , where your answer refers to " no additional costs ", ---
but my request was " Please will you provide details of costs associated with issuing Death Certificates for inpatient deaths leading to cremation? " ---- and not for additional costs. --
Can you please also confirm that no payments are offered/made to any medical practitioner for completing
any MCCD.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/h...
Yours faithfully,
DAVID HAWKER
Request for a review under Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for a review of the information provided to you
in regard to FOI 5385/21.
In accordance with the Health Board’s policy on Freedom of Information, I
have now requested a review of the information provided to be undertaken.
As per the Health Board’s policy you will be provided with a full response
within the next 20 working days and will therefore receive a reply by 21
April 2021.
Please accept my sincere apologies and in the meantime, if you require any
further assistance or clarification please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Rebecca Davies
Freedom of Information Officer/Swyddog Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
I am currently working from home, therefore I am only contactable via
email as my office phone is un-manned. Please get in touch via email and I
will respond at the earliest opportunity.
E-bost/ Email: [1][Hywel Dda LHB request email] /
[2][email address]
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Dear Mr Hawker
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information review
request.
Yours sincerely
Rebecca Davies
Freedom of Information Officer/Swyddog Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
On behalf of Mandy Rayani
Executive Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Experience
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