Learning from deaths
Dear East London NHS Foundation Trust,
I would like to make the following Freedom of Information request:
As described on page 6 of the National Quality Board's National Guidance on Learning from Deaths, Trusts are required to collect specified information on deaths: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/up...
Please may I receive the following data described in that guidance, on a monthly basis from the beginning of 2018 to the most recent month available:
- The total number of in-patient deaths (including emergency department deaths)
- The number of deaths subject to case record review
- Of these deaths subjected to review, the number that were judged more likely than not to have been due to problems in care
If data is not available at the beginning of 2018, please supply data from the earliest point after when data was collected.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Clark
Please note that whilst we will try to respond to you as quickly as
possible, there may be a delay due to the rapidly changing situation
regarding COVID 19.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Kind regards,
Freedom of Information, Information Governance Team
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Information Governance Department
Charter House
7 Alma Street
Luton
LU1 2PJ
Email: [East London NHS Foundation Trust request email]
Our Ref: FOI DA4225
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request received by the Trust on 01 June 2022.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days. For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then it will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case.
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Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
East London NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear Alex,
Please find attached the Trust’s response to your Freedom of Information
request.
With best wishes
Shuchi Joshi (she/her)
FOI Team
East London NHS Foundation Trust
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