Serious incidents and deaths of patients with a learning disability

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, East London NHS Foundation Trust should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear East London 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

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Assurance Department

The Green

1 Roger Dowley Court

Russia Lane

London

E2 9NJ

 

Telephone: 020 7655 4018

Fax: 020 7655 4118

Email [2][email address]

Website: [3]http://www.elft.nhs.uk/

 

31 January 2017

 

Dr George Julian

By email: [4][FOI #385717 email]

 

 

Our Ref:  FOI DA2170

 

Dear Dr George Julian

 

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request received by the
Trust on 31 January 2017.

 

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

 

If you are dissatisfied with the Trust’s response to your FOIA request
then you should contact us and we will arrange for an internal review of
this decision. If you remain dissatisfied with the decision following our
response to your complaint, you may write to the Information Commissioner
for a decision under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

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Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 01625 545700

Web: [5]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

 

Please note that the data supplied is not allowed to be re-used and/or
published without the explicit consent of East London NHS Foundation
Trust.  Please contact the signatory to request permission if this is your
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-----Original Message-----
From: George Julian [mailto:[FOI #385717 email]]
Sent: 30 January 2017 23:28
To: FOIRequest
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Serious incidents and deaths of
patients with a learning disability

 

Dear East London 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

 

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FOIRequest,

Dear Dr George Julian

I write to ask for an extension to the above FOI request. Unfortunately, due to other work commitments the relevant staff members require more time. I am hopeful that we will have your response to you before the 40 days.

Kind regards

Information Governance
East London NHS Foundation Trust

-----Original Message-----
From: George Julian [mailto:[FOI #385717 email]]
Sent: 30 January 2017 23:28
To: FOIRequest
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Serious incidents and deaths of patients with a learning disability

Dear East London 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

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Dear FOIRequest,

Thanks for keeping me updated. I look forward to receiving the information in due course,

Best wishes
Dr George Julian

FOIRequest,

Dear Dr George Julian

I apologise for the delay in responding to your FOI request, the data I have received is incorrect and I wanted to check with the analyst before sending to you, but unfortunately the analyst is off sick. I will make this a priority first thing Monday morning and hope to get the information to you early next week.

Again I do apologise for the delay but do not want to send you wrong data.

Kind regards

Anita Crosby
Information Governance
East London NHS Foundation Trust
The Green |1 Roger Dowley Court | Russia Lane | London E2 9NJ

-----Original Message-----
From: George Julian [mailto:[FOI #385717 email]]
Sent: 27 February 2017 16:42
To: FOIRequest
Subject: Re: Extension Requested - FOI DA2170

Dear FOIRequest,

Thanks for keeping me updated. I look forward to receiving the information in due course,

Best wishes
Dr George Julian

-----Original Message-----

Dear Dr George Julian

I write to ask for an extension to the above FOI request. Unfortunately, due to other work commitments the relevant staff members require more time. I am hopeful that we will have your response to you before the 40 days.

Kind regards

Information Governance
East London NHS Foundation Trust

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East London NHS Foundation Trust

 

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Martyn Dewar left an annotation ()

Unfortunately, the file sent by the authority on 29 March 2017 appears to be corrupt. I would advise sending a follow-up to them should you still require a copy.

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