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Freedom of Information request 311-2021

Response published: 12 June 2022

FOI Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act I wish to request the following information: 1. The number of occasions, during each financial year from 2016/17 to 2021/22 and for 2022/23 to date, the trust has admitted a patient to an inpatient bed out of area. For each instance please provide the location facility name, trust or postcode. of the inpatient bed. 2. Please provide the total cost to the trust – for each of the above financial years – of funding out of area inpatient placements.

FOI Response

Report Title FOI 311-2022 Report Date Range 01/04/2022 – 31/10/2022 Extract Date 28/11/2022 Note 2016/17 financial year is not included as a full year data is not available. Includes both Inappropriate and Appropriate placements   The number of occasions, during each financial year from 2017/18 to 2021/22 and for 2022/23 to 31/10/2022, the trust has admitted a patient to an inpatient bed out of area. Financial Year Number of Admissions to an Inpatient Out of Area Bed 2017/18 20 2018/19 36 2019/20 38 2020/21 25 2021/22 36 2022/23 32 Grand Total 187 The number of out of area admissions by postcode of the receiving provider, broken down by financial year. Please note – where the number of admissions is less than 5 per postcode, they have been grouped into ‘other’ to avoid potential indentification of individuals Postcode 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Grand Total
BS16 1EQ 1 3 8 9 12 5 38
TA3 7BQ 2 10 12
TN5 7HU 5 1 1 7
M46 9NT 2 2 3 7
DL2 1TS 1 2 3 6
SW15 4JL 3 3 6
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 311
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response to question 1 on a separate attachment.
1. The number of occasions, during each financial year from 2016/17 to 2021/22 and for 2022/23 to date, the trust has admitted a patient to an inpatient bed out of area. For each instance please provide the location facility name, trust or postcode. of the inpatient bed. 2. Please provide the total cost to the trust – for each of the above financial years – of funding out of area inpatient placements. Trust Total 2017/18 3,522,552 2018/19 3,797,549 2019/20 4,237,130 2020/21 4,044,259 2021/22 4,005,872 2022/23 1,997,964 Year to date Nov22