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Dear Sir/Madam,

I’d like to make the following freedom of information request to your trust. I’d like to request information regarding unexpected deaths of service users in the following years:
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 so far.

1. The number of unexpected deaths at the trust's mental health units (inpatients – both informal or formal (sectioned) patient). Please breakdown (a-e below) by year (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 so far) and if possible how many of each yearly total were under the age of 65.
a) The total number of unexpected deaths
b) The number of the unexpected deaths that progressed to a Serious Incident investigation
c) The number of unexpected deaths that were referred to a coroner
d) The number of unexpected deaths that was classed as suicide
e) The number of unexpected deaths that were not confirmed as suicide but were due to self-inflicted harm which led to the patient’s death

2. The number of unexpected deaths of mental health/service users who were outpatients. Please breakdown (a-e below) by year (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 so far) and if possible how many of each yearly total were under the age of 65.
a) The total number of unexpected deaths
b) The number that progressed to a Serious Incident investigation
c) The number of unexpected deaths that were referred (whether by the trust of by another organisation) to a coroner
d) The number of unexpected deaths that was classed as suicide
e) The number of unexpected deaths that were not confirmed as suicides but were due to self-inflicted harm which led to the patient’s death

3. The total number of unexpected deaths of mental health patients who were discharged from the Trust's services 3 months or less before their death? Please breakdown (a-e below) by year (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 so far) and if possible how many of each yearly total were under the age of 65.
a) The total number of unexpected deaths
b) The number that progressed to a Serious Incident investigation
c) The number of unexpected deaths that were referred (whether by the trust of by another organisation) to a coroner
d) The number of unexpected deaths that was classed as suicide
e) The number of unexpected deaths that were not confirmed as suicides but were due to self-inflicted harm which led to the patient’s death

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the request. My email is [email address]

Thanks in advance,

Best wishes
Rachel

FOIREQUEST(LPT) (LINCOLNSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Rachel

Thank you for your email below requesting information from Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

FOI Department
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, St George’s, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1FS

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FOIREQUEST(LPT) (LINCOLNSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Rachel,

Further to your Freedom of Information Request, as per your original email, our response from Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is as follows:

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. This is information that is not recorded in a format that would make it possible to extract within the time limits of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Trust confirms that it does hold this data, however to determine the data and record the data will require one officer of the Trust manually accessing individual patient files for all referred patients into the services and the Trust estimates this would take 83 hours to collate and therefore your request is refused in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In the interest of being as helpful as possible to requester, please see below the information we would be able to provide within the timeframe;

1. The number of unexpected deaths at the trust's mental health units (inpatients – both informal or formal (sectioned) patient). Please breakdown (a-e below) by year (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 so far) and if possible how many of each yearly total were under the age of 65.
a) The total number of unexpected deaths
b) The number of the unexpected deaths that progressed to a Serious Incident investigation
c) The number of unexpected deaths that were referred to a coroner
d) The number of unexpected deaths that was classed as suicide
e) The number of unexpected deaths that were not confirmed as suicide but were due to self-inflicted harm which led to the patient’s death

2. The number of unexpected deaths of mental health/service users who were outpatients. Please breakdown (a-e below) by year (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 so far) and if possible how many of each yearly total were under the age of 65.
b) The number that progressed to a Serious Incident

3. The total number of unexpected deaths of mental health patients who were discharged from the Trust's services 3 months or less before their death? Please breakdown (a-e below) by year (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 so far) and if possible how many of each yearly total were under the age of 65.
b) The number that progressed to a Serious Incident investigation

Please let us know if this is acceptable and we will collect the information for you.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to request for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: FOI Department, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Headquarters, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 1FS. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Kind regards,

FOI Department
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Trust Headquarters, St George’s, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1FS

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