Serious incidents and deaths of patients with a learning disability

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Dear University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust,

Please could you provide the following information:

1a) total number of deaths that have occurred at the Trust in each of the the last five years (please provide data broken down by year)
1b) the number of these deaths that were classified as unexpected

2a) total number of deaths that have been referred to the Coroner by the Trust in each of the last five years
2b) of these, the number of deaths of patients with a learning disability referred to the Coroner

3a) total number of deaths of patients with a learning disability that have occurred at the Trust in each of the last five years (please provide total number and indicate whether they were inpatients at the time of their deaths)
3b) of these, the number of these deaths of patients with a learning disability that were classified as unexpected

4a) total number of deaths at the Trust reported as an incident on the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) in each of the last five years
4b) total number of deaths at the Trust reported on Strategic Executive Information System (STEIS) in each of the last five years
4c) if possible, please indicate the number of these that relate to patients with a learning disability

5a) total number of initial 72-hour reviews into deaths (as defined by the NHS Serious Incident Framework) in each of the last five years
5b) total number of investigations into deaths (as defined by the NHS SI Framework) in each of the last five years - please provide data broken down by severity, Level 1 internal investigations, Level 2 comprehensive internal investigations, Level 3 independent investigations. Please also indicate whether the numbers refer to investigations opened or completed.

Many thanks for your time.

Yours faithfully,
Dr George Julian

FreedomOfInformation, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Dear George,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail dated 31/01/2017,
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding
statistics pertaining to patient deaths, specifically of patients with
learning difficulties.

                    

We will endeavour to respond to your request within the twenty working day
timescale requirement set by the FOI Act (by 28/02/2017). We will tell you
whether the Trust holds the information you have requested, and we will
contact you as soon as possible if for some reason we are delayed in our
response or if we require further information from you in order to
complete your request.

 

 

With regards,

 

Freedom of Information Officer

Informatics

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

 

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FreedomOfInformation, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear George,

 

Please find attached the Trust's response to your recent Freedom of
Information request.

 

 

With regards,

 

Freedom of Information Officer

Informatics

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

 

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