Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 257-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request received via post on 2nd November 2021. Please find our response below.
1. How many people have died in your hospitals that are part of the Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT from COVID-19 alone? I am aware of the number of people that have died within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, so they could have died from other causes. I just want to know the exact figure from 1st February 2020 until the 30th September 2021 of people that have died due COVID-19 alone and not anything else please. In order to answer this question, a review of patient Medical Certificate of Cause of Death MCCD. was undertaken. Between 01.02.2020 and 30.09.2021, there were 9 deaths of patients in GHCNHDFT hospitals, where COVID-19* was the only recorded disease or condition on the patients’ MCCD, including at Part 1 MCCD direct cause of death. and Part 2 other significant conditions contributing to death but not related to the direct cause of death recorded at Part 1 MCCD..
*To ensure inclusivity of data, in addition to ‘COVID-19’ being recorded at Part 1a MCCD, the table below shows the alternatives which were included in above figure, where COVID-19 remained the only cause of death recorded:
Part 1a MCCD Part 1b MCCD
Acute respiratory distress syndrome COVID-19
Covid-pneumonia –
Covid19 pneumonitis Coronavirus infection
Lower respiratory tract infection COVID-19
Pneumonia COVID-19
NB: Please note, as the request clearly stipulates ‘people that have died due COVID-19 alone and not anything else please’, deceased patients who had COVID-19 recorded at Part 1 MCCD, together with other conditions/diseases recorded at Part 1 and/or Part 2 of the MCCD have not been included in the above figure. If this information is required, please submit an additional request stipulating a breakdown of deaths where COVID-19 was recorded at Part 1 MCCD as the direct cause of death, regardless of whether any other conditions or diseases were recorded at Part 2 MCCD.
Freedom of Information request 257-2122
Response published: 24 June 2024
FOI Request
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 257-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request received via post on 2nd November 2021. Please find our response below.
1. How many people have died in your hospitals that are part of the Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS FT from COVID-19 alone? I am aware of the number of people that have died within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, so they could have died from other causes. I just want to know the exact figure from 1st February 2020 until the 30th September 2021 of people that have died due COVID-19 alone and not anything else please. In order to answer this question, a review of patient Medical Certificate of Cause of Death MCCD. was undertaken. Between 01.02.2020 and 30.09.2021, there were 9 deaths of patients in GHCNHDFT hospitals, where COVID-19* was the only recorded disease or condition on the patients’ MCCD, including at Part 1 MCCD direct cause of death. and Part 2 other significant conditions contributing to death but not related to the direct cause of death recorded at Part 1 MCCD..
*To ensure inclusivity of data, in addition to ‘COVID-19’ being recorded at Part 1a MCCD, the table below shows the alternatives which were included in above figure, where COVID-19 remained the only cause of death recorded:
Part 1a MCCD Part 1b MCCD
Acute respiratory distress syndrome COVID-19
Covid-pneumonia -
Covid19 pneumonitis Coronavirus infection
Lower respiratory tract infection COVID-19
Pneumonia COVID-19
NB: Please note, as the request clearly stipulates ‘people that have died due COVID-19 alone and not anything else please’, deceased patients who had COVID-19 recorded at Part 1 MCCD, together with other conditions/diseases recorded at Part 1 and/or Part 2 of the MCCD have not been included in the above figure. If this information is required, please submit an additional request stipulating a breakdown of deaths where COVID-19 was recorded at Part 1 MCCD as the direct cause of death, regardless of whether any other conditions or diseases were recorded at Part 2 MCCD.