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Unexpected deaths of learning disability and/or autism patients in hospitals

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I’d like to make the following freedom of information request to your organisation.

The information requested is regarding the commissioning of inpatient care for those with a learning disability or autism and how many have died whilst detained in a hospital facility. This is for hospitals that are providing mental health support or specialist facilities for learning disability or autism such as an assessment and treatment unit (ATU). The death may or may not have occurred on the ward but at the time of the death the patient resided in that hospital facility.

1. The name of your organisation.
2. How many patients that your CCG has commissioned (in or out of area) inpatient care for those with a learning disability and/or autism have unexpectedly died whilst in the care of the hospital between Jan 2015 and December 2021. Please list by year and whether the placement was in or out of the area. If possible, if the placement was out of area please give the area where the patient was placed

The following questions are relevant if there has been an unexpected death(s):
3. How many of the unexpected deaths did the CCG commission a LeDeR review for?
4. For how many of the unexpected deaths was an independent review or a serious incident investigation undertaken by you or the trust/hospital/independent provider where the patient was living? Please give details of what kind of review/investigation took place.
5. How many of the unexpected deaths were concluded as a suspected suicide or suicide?
6. How many of the unexpected deaths were concluded as neglect?
7. For each of the unexpected deaths that had a review/investigation please attach the review or investigation in the response (Patient/staff names to be redacted in order to prevent identities being revealed. Or attach as must of the review as possible - ie Key Findings)
8. How many of the unexpected deaths had an inquest and what was the conclusion of the inquest? And (if known) at the end of the inquest how many were subject to a regulation 28 (Prevent Future Death Report) by the coroner?

Please do let me know if you have any questions about this,

Thanks in advance,

Best wishes
Rachel
[email address]
07976919720

FOI, Bcwbccg (NHS BLACK COUNTRY AND WEST BIRMINGHAM CCG), NHS Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group

SENT ON BEHALF OF THE BLACK COUNTRY & WEST BIRMINGHAM CCG
[email address]

IN CONFIDENCE
FOI Ref: 0296

Dear Rachel

Thank you for your request for information regarding Unexpected deaths of learning disability and/or autism patients in hospitals. Your request was received 28/03/2022, we are dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We will make every effort to provide the information requested by 27/04/2022.

Please be aware that Dudley, Sandwell & West Birmingham, Walsall & Wolverhampton CCGs merged on the 1st April 2021, to form the Black Country & West Birmingham CCG (BCWB CCG). The individual CCGs no longer exist, there is no need to duplicate your request by sending to the legacy CCGs; your request for information will now be covered by BWCB CCG.

We strive to be transparent and to work with an open culture. However at this time, whilst care of our patients and the safety of our staff takes precedent, it is likely that responses to some requests for information or records will be delayed. We apologise for this position in advance, and will endeavour to provide you with as much information as we can, as soon as we are able. It may therefore in certain cases take longer than the statutory deadline for Freedom of Information requests. We will try and continue to process them as normal, but this will be dependent on the availability of relevant staff to respond.

If you have a complaint linked to how we are dealing with requests, please contact the CCG at [email address]. However if additional information is required from yourself to clarify your request, or agreement is required from a third party to release information, then this date may be altered. Should this be the case then we will contact you.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Black Country & West Birmingham CCG
Information Governance Team
[email address]

If you have received this message in error it must be deleted and the sender notified. The information in this message must be regarded as confidential and is intended for the addressee only unless explicitly stated. You should be aware that any email may be the subject of a request under Data Protection, Freedom of Information or Environmental Information legislation and therefore could be disclosed to third parties.

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FOI, Bcwbccg (NHS BLACK COUNTRY AND WEST BIRMINGHAM CCG), NHS Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group

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SENT ON BEHALF OF THE BLACK COUNTRY & WEST BIRMINGHAM CCG
PLEASE RESPOND TO [email address]

FOI Ref: 0296

Dear Rachel

We are writing to confirm that NHS BCWB CCG has now completed its search for the information which you requested on 28/03/2022.

A copy of the information is enclosed.

We trust this provides the information required or if you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, please contact the Black Country & West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group – Information Governance Team by email [email address]

You can also refer to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline: 0303 123 1113
www.ico.org.uk

Please be aware of that any information we provided following your request under the Freedom of Information Act does not confer an automatic right for you to re-use that information, for example to publish it. If you wish to re-use the information that we provide and you do not specify this in your initial application for information then you must make a further request for its re-use as per the Re-Use of Public sector Information Regulations 2005 www.opsi.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Black Country & West Birmingham CCG
Information Governance Team

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