Learning Disability Deaths during the pandemic
Dear Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),
Please could you advise me of how many learning disability deaths have been recorded for those with a learning disability who lived at home from the start of the pandemic to date and after the vaccines have been rolled out how many deaths were recorded?
Yours faithfully,
Tracey Gilliland
Thank you for your email.
We acknowledge receipt of your request.
You will be aware of the significant pressures on our health and social
care services during the current surge of the Covid-19 pandemic. During
this time we have been asking our staff to prioritise their professional
caring duties and to support front line health and social care services in
responding to the emergency. This has understandably had an impact on
other duties within their role such as responding to legislative
requirements under FOI and the processing of Subject Access Requests.
We assure you that your request will be logged and processed, and we will
do our utmost to respond as quickly as possible.
Yours faithfully
Information Governance Team
28th October 2021 Our Ref: FOI 802
Dear Ms Gilliland
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
I acknowledge your request which was received on 27th October 2021 requesting information held by the Trust.
Your request is currently being addressed and if approved you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000. For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. If any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your right of appeal.
If the information you request contains reference to a third party then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you. You will also be informed if this is the case.
There may be a fee payable for the information you have requested. In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and the 20 working day time limit for responses will be suspended until receipt of the payment. If a fee is required I will write to you again to advise of this.
If you have any queries or concerns then please contact:
Head of Information Governance
Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Ferndale
Bannvale Site
10 Moyallen Road
Gilford
BT63 5JX
Email: [email address]
Tel: 028 37561458
Yours sincerely
Karen Harrison
Information Governance Officer
Dear Ms Gilliland
Please see response attached in respect of your recent Freedom of
Information request to the Southern Health & Social Care Trust.
Kind Regards
Karen Harrison
Information Governance Dept
Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Dear Team, Foi,
This is not what I asked you for, I asked specifically for the numbers of deaths of those with a learning disability for those who lived at home from the beginning of the pandemic to now.
Yours sincerely,
Tracey Gilliland
Dear Ms Gilliland
Please see attached response to your request for an internal review.
Kind Regards
Karen Harrison
Information Governance Dept
Southern Health & Social Care Trust
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