Freedom of Information Request – Ref: GHC-16072026-824247
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
Data related to geriatric falls within the last 12 months
1. How many of these falls patients had related injuries (intrinsic and extrinsic)
2. How many of these patients injuries could have been avoided.
3. How long ago the patient sustained a fall.
Our response:
The information requested is not held by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in a centrally reportable or readily extractable format. Information about individual falls, any related injuries, whether an injury may have been avoidable, and when the fall occurred would be recorded, where applicable, within individual patient records. Falls are not recorded as a specific searchable field within our electronic patient systems in a way that would allow us to retrieve and report this information without undertaking a manual review of individual patient records.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. 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:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss20@nhs.net
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.