Mortality from SARS-CoV2 form infection caught whilst in hospital November 2020 to February 2021

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Dear West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust,
1. Please advise the number of patients 80+ years of age who contracted SARS-CoV2 (Coronavirus/Covid-19) whilst an in-patient (e.g. not admitted initially with Coronavirus but another ailment) in West Suffolk Hospital during the period 1 November 2020 to 28 February 2021.
2. Please advise how many of these patients numbered in 1 above subsequently died in hospital as a result of contracting the Coronavirus.
3. Please advise how many of the deaths in No. 1 above were reported to the Coroner
4. Please advise how many of the deaths in No. 1 above were purely from Coronavirus alone with no other comorbidity, by checking the medical records.
5. If no. 4 exceeds the £450 charge under Section 12 of the FOI, please reduce the time scale to 1 December-31 December 2020.
6. Please advise what additional procedures have been put in place for infection control following the 3 outbreaks of Coronavirus in separate wards of the WSH during December 2020.

Yours faithfully,

J E Garner

Dear West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust,
I do not appear to have received an acknowledgment to my FOI Request dated 27 April 2021.
This is also to remind you that your response to me is due by 26 May 2021.

Yours faithfully,

J E Garner

FOI, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Dear J E Garner,

Please be advised we can't locate this request in our system using your Surname. If no acknowledgment received it would appear we have not received. Should you wish us to log this request please forward with full name of requestor. If received by 3pm today it will be log with today's date.

FOI Team
Cedar House
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Hardwick Lane|Bury St Edmunds|SUFFOLK|IP33 2QZ
Requests received after 3pm will be logged the following working day

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Dear FOI West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Please refer to the ICO guidance:
(https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...).
It stated as an example that:
A requester named Robert Jones could call themselves ‘Rob Jones’, ‘Bobby Jones’, ‘R Jones’, ‘Bob Jones’ or ‘Mr Jones’.
However, they could not just use ‘Robert’, ‘Bob’, ‘Bobby’ or ‘R.J’.
(page 7 of the PDF document)

J E Garner is not a pseudonym, as per the ICO advice it will suffice, and therefore you need to reply to my original FOI via the WDTK website, as you have clearly done so above.

Yours sincerely,

J E Garner

FOI, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Thank you kindly for your response, just to advise we still do not have a copy of your original response. If you wish us to log please can your forward your request.

Kind Regards

Jenny

FOI Team
Cedar House
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Hardwick Lane|Bury St Edmunds|SUFFOLK|IP33 2QZ
Requests received after 3pm will be logged the following working day

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Dear FOI, Jenny
Here is the original FOI request:
J E Garner 27 April 2021 Delivered
Dear West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust,
1. Please advise the number of patients 80+ years of age who contracted SARS-CoV2 (Coronavirus/Covid-19) whilst an in-patient (e.g. not admitted initially with Coronavirus but another ailment) in West Suffolk Hospital during the period 1 November 2020 to 28 February 2021.
2. Please advise how many of these patients numbered in 1 above subsequently died in hospital as a result of contracting the Coronavirus.
3. Please advise how many of the deaths in No. 1 above were reported to the Coroner
4. Please advise how many of the deaths in No. 1 above were purely from Coronavirus alone with no other comorbidity, by checking the medical records.
5. If no. 4 exceeds the £450 charge under Section 12 of the FOI, please reduce the time scale to 1 December-31 December 2020.
6. Please advise what additional procedures have been put in place for infection control following the 3 outbreaks of Coronavirus in separate wards of the WSH during December 2020.

Yours faithfully,

J E Garner

Yours sincerely,

J E Garner

FOI, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Freedom of Information Request Acknowledgement

Thank you for your request which was received by us on 7th May 2021
Under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 we are required to provide a response within 20 working days. You should expect to receive a response by 7th June 2021
We will advise you if we do not hold the information requested or if an exemption applies. Your request has been given the reference number FOI 21-16116

Your request for information may be delayed due to urgent operational responses to dealing with Public Health priorities. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding to your request and will respond as soon as we are able.

Jenny

FOI Team
Cedar House
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Hardwick Lane|Bury St Edmunds|SUFFOLK|IP33 2QZ
Requests received after 3pm will be logged the following working day

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Dear FOI Team West Suffolk Hospital

Your extended response expired on 7 June 2021, and by law you should therefore have responded promptly.

Your are now in breach of the UKGDPR.

Yours sincerely,

J E Garner

FOI, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

Dear J E Garner

 

I am writing to confirm that the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has now
completed its search for the information which you requested on 7^th May
2021

Please find our response to your request.

 

1. Please advise the number of patients 80+ years of age who contracted
SARS-CoV2 (Coronavirus/Covid-19) whilst an in-patient (e.g. not admitted
initially with Coronavirus but another ailment) in West Suffolk Hospital
during the period 1 November 2020 to 28 February 2021. 97

 

2. Please advise how many of these patients numbered in 1 above
subsequently died in hospital as a result of contracting the Coronavirus.
Of these 97 patients there were 30 patients who passed away in hospital,
however it cannot be confirmed that the death was only caused due to
coronavirus.

 

3. Please advise how many of the deaths in No. 1 above were reported to
the Coroner 4

 

4. Please advise how many of the deaths in No. 1 above were purely from
Coronavirus alone with no other comorbidity, by checking the medical
records. Unable to determine if coronavirus was the only cause of death as
this is recorded on the death certificate. However of the 30 patients who
passed away in question 2, there were only 2 patients with no long term
conditions recorded.

 

5. If no. 4 exceeds the £450 charge under Section 12 of the FOI, please
reduce the time scale to 1 December-31 December 2020.

 

6. Please advise what additional procedures have been put in place for
infection control following the 3 outbreaks of Coronavirus in separate
wards of the WSH during December 2020.

Roll out of the Covid curtains programme to reduce the risk of patient to
patient exposure.

Increase screening frequency of Covid contacts to every 72 hours  during
outbreaks to detect new cases as early as possible .

Review of Housekeeping services in the Community in-patient areas.

Promotion of the appropriate use of PPE by the introduction of PPE
champions in the clinical areas.

Increased frequency of environmental and PPE audits

 

 

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Suffolk IP33 2QZ

 

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FOI Team

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
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