Trust HQ
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW
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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk
Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 01/02/2022
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 232-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. What was the total number of mental
health patient deaths, by financial year,
from 2015/16 to 2020/21 inclusive
2015/16 and 2016/17 data is unavailable, as it predates national reporting requirements for mortality
data.
2017/18 992
2018/19 839
2019/20 901
2020/21 761
2. For patient deaths in 2019/20 and 2020/21,
what was the total number where a Serious
Incident Report SIR. report only was
written?
2019/20 2020/21
20 17
3. For mental health patient deaths in
2019/20 and 2020/21 how many in total
were, at the time of death: i. involuntary
inpatients sectioned under Mental Health
Act, ii. voluntary inpatients iii. patients
within the community/outpatients.
2019/20 2020/21
Involuntary inpatients
sectioned under
Mental Health Act
1 2
Voluntary inpatients 13 12
Patients within the
community/outpatients.
887 747
4. How many mental health patient suicides
were there, by year of death, from 2015/16
to 2020/21? Please break this down into
confirmed suicides and suspected suicides.
Financial Year No. of
suspected
patient suicides
No. of confirmed
patient suicides
via concluded
inquests.
2015/16 24 15
2016/17 26 23
2017/18 27 22
2018/19 24 16
2019/20 18 16
2020/21 17 11
Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact
me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask
us to review our response, you should write to:-
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Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
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Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trus
FOI Request
Sent: 13 January 2022 09:44
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Re: Updated FOI Request
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Thank you for your response. Please disregard the original request and only answer the later one with regard to mental health services only.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 3:18 PM Freedom of Information wrote:
RE: FOI 232-2122 Thank you for your email. We are currently working on your original request after receiving clarification from yourself on 17/12/2021
Reading through your new attached request, it would appear the questions differ slightly and are now only subject to Mental Health. Therefore, can you please confirm you wish us to disregard your original request and now only work to collate the information together and answer the questions in your attached FOI Request?
Once confirmed, I will make the team aware of the change and ask that they gather the information as quickly as possible, but as this would be deemed as a new request due to the change in questions. we do have 20 days to comply. I will however chase an update on this end to ensure we get a response to you before the 20 day cut-off.
Kind regards, Legal Services Officer Legal Services. Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 Email: www.ghc.nhs.uk
From: Tony Robson [mailto:anthonydavidrobson@gmail.com] Sent: 05 January 2022 16:11
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: Updated FOI Request
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Please find attached. Further to my previous request, I am interested in only data for the mental health services provided by your trust, not for the physical services. Thank you for your help so far.