Unexplained Fractures in Babies

Bristol Primary Care Trust (PCT) did not have the information requested.

Dear Bristol Primary Care Trust (PCT),

Please could you provide all statistical data you hold broken down year by year, in relation to admissions due to fractures in babies, going back from 2011 to whatever date is reasonable.

I am particularly interested in

1. The age of the child at the time of injury.
2. Name of the Hospital
3. Whether the Fractures had an organic explanation. (If so what was the cause eg. Brittle bones, Vitamin D deficiency etc)
4. Whether the Fractures were recorded as non accidental.
5. Whether police were informed.
6. Whether the child was adopted (records show child's change of name and parent).
7. Whether the child died from the injuries.
8. Whether Social Services were informed.

I appreciate that it may not be possible to provide all the above listed information however I would be grateful to receive whatever information you have available and signposting towards other organisations who may hold the relevant data.

Yours faithfully,

B McKenzie

Tucker Kathryn,

Dear B McKenzie

Please accept this as acknowledgment of your Freedom of Information
request. This has been given reference number FOI 1112 243 please use
this in all future correspondence.

We will respond to your request by 3rd November 2011.

If following review of your request we require any further clarification
we will contact you as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Kat Tucker
Complaints & FOI Manager
NHS Bristol
0117 900 2494
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Tucker Kathryn,

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Dear B McKenzie

Please find our response to your freedom of information request attached
to this email. I trust this is satisfactory, but if you feel that it is
not then please do not hesitate to contact us again and we will
endeavour to assist you further.

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Yours sincerely

Kat Tucker
Complaints & FOI Manager
NHS Bristol
0117 900 2494
From 1 June 2011, NHS Bristol, NHS North Somerset and NHS South
Gloucestershire have formed a primary care trust cluster. Each
organisation continues to be a legal body.

If you are providing any personal and/or confidential information to NHS
Bristol via email, please note that we are only responsible for the
information held within our network and cannot guarantee its security
until it reaches us. If you wish to provide this information in another
form please contact me to arrange.

Recipients should be aware that all e-mails received and sent by this
organisation are subject to the Freedom of Information Act (2000) and
therefore may be disclosed to a third party. You should also be aware
that the information contained in this message, or any of its
attachments, may be privileged and confidential and intended for the
exclusive use of the addressee. The views expressed in this e-mail may
not be the official policy of this organisation but the personal view of
the originator. If you are not the addressee, you must not read, copy,
disclose, forward or otherwise use the information contained within this
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(whose contact details are above) immediately by reply e-mail and delete
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not, and cannot, guarantee that a virus has not been transmitted. Please
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