Investigations into the deaths of patients with a learning disability

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Dear NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group,

Please would you provide the following information for your CCG:

1) the number of deaths of patients with a learning disability that occurred in the last three years (by years defined as 1/4/16 - 31/3/17, 1/4/17 - 31/3/18, 1/4/18 to present).

2) the number of independent investigations into the deaths of patients with a learning disability that you have commissioned in the last three years (defined as above)

3a) the number of deaths of patients with a learning disability that have resulted in an inquest in the last three years (defined as above)

3b) of those inquests the number that were an Article 2 inquest

I look forward to hearing from you,
Many thanks
Dr George Julian

CWS-FOI (NHS COASTAL WEST SUSSEX CCG), NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group

Dear Dr Julian,

Re: Freedom of Information Request – Reference: 18368

Thank you for your email, received on 18 March 2019 relating to the CCG's investigations into the deaths of patients with a learning disability.

I will process your request as soon as possible, and certainly within 20 working days of receipt. You will therefore hear back from me by 15 April 2019 at the latest.

Details of how we will process your request are available on our website at: https://www.coastalwestsussexccg.nhs.uk/...
If you have any queries about this, please contact me via the details below. Please quote the reference number above in any future communications to make it easier for me to deal with your correspondence.

Kind regards

Freedom of Inforamtion Team
NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group
1 The Causeway, Goring-by-sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6BT
www.coastalwestsussexccg.nhs.uk
[NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG request email]

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CWS-FOI (NHS COASTAL WEST SUSSEX CCG), NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group

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Dear Dr Julian,

Thank you for your request for information which we received on 18 March 2019 relating to the CCG's investigations into the deaths of patients with a learning disability.

Under section 1 (1) (a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can confirm that NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG does not hold the information requested as per the attached.

Your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and we hope that you find this response helpful. In line with the Information Commissioner’s directive on the disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, your request may form part of our disclosure log unless we have stated this is a restricted disclosure. If we include your request in our log, it will be protective of your identity and be posted on our website. If you have any questions about this, please do let us know.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by copyright. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including for private study and non-commercial research, and for any other purpose authorised by an exception in current copyright law. Documents (except photographs) can also be used in the UK without requiring permission for the purposes of news reporting. Any other reuse, for example, commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder.

If you are not satisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request for information, then in accordance with the Act you may ask us to conduct a review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original e-mail and should be addressed to the FOI Manager at:

NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG
1, The Causeway
Goring-By-Sea
Worthing
BN12 6BT

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner's Office cannot usually make a decision unless you have already exhausted the CCG’s internal review procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Wycliffe Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK6 5AF

Further information about the Freedom of Information Act can be sourced on the Information Commissioner's website: http://www.ico.gov.uk/.
If you have any queries about this e-mail, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team
NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group
1 The Causeway, Goring-by-sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6BT
www.coastalwestsussexccg.nhs.uk
[NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG request email]

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