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Freedom of Information request Mental Health Patient Deaths

Response published: 21 October 2025
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FOI Request

Dear Sir/Madam I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act. 1. For each of these financial years – 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 – please state: a. The number of mental health patients aged 0-17 who were in contact with the Trust that year b. The number of mental health patients aged 0-17 in contact with the Trust that year who died during that year (be it as an inpatient or not; be it on the Trust’s estate or elsewhere) 2. For each of these financial years – 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 – please state: a. The number of mental health patients aged 18-64 who were in contact with the Trust that year b. The number of mental health patients aged 18-64 in contact with the Trust that year who died during that year (be it as an inpatient or not; be it on the Trust’s estate or elsewhere) 3. For each of these financial years – 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 – please state: a. The number of mental health patients aged 65+ who were in contact with the Trust that year b. The number of mental health patients aged 65+ in contact with the Trust that year who died during that year (be it as an inpatient or not; be it on the Trust’s estate or elsewhere) If the Trust classifies older patients as being 70+ rather than 65+, then it may replace 18-64 with 18-69 in question 2 and replace 65+ with 70+ in question 3. Please state if this is the case. With questions 1b, 2b and 3b I am asking for figures for patient deaths that the Trust is aware of; the Trust may not be aware of all deaths of patients. This request should not be combined with any other request for section 12 purposes. If any individual question would exceed the section 12 cost limit, please mark that question as “information not held” and respond to the remainder of the request (NB: this is not the same as asking the Trust to “run the clock” up to the section 12 cost limit).

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 229-2025

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

1. For each of these financial years – 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 – please state:
a. The number of mental health patients aged 0-17 who were in contact with the Trust that year
b. The number of mental health patients aged 0-17 in contact with the Trust that year who died during that year (be it as an inpatient or not; be it on the Trust’s estate or elsewhere)

2. For each of these financial years – 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 – please state:
a. The number of mental health patients aged 18-64 who were in contact with the Trust that year
b. The number of mental health patients aged 18-64 in contact with the Trust that year who died during that year (be it as an inpatient or not; be it on the Trust’s estate or elsewhere)

3. For each of these financial years – 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 – please state:
a. The number of mental health patients aged 65+ who were in contact with the Trust that year
b. The number of mental health patients aged 65+ in contact with the Trust that year who died during that year (be it as an inpatient or not; be it on the Trust’s estate or elsewhere)

If the Trust classifies older patients as being 70+ rather than 65+, then it may replace 18-64 with 18-69 in question 2 and replace 65+ with 70+ in question 3. Please state if this is the case.

With questions 1b, 2b and 3b I am asking for figures for patient deaths that the Trust is aware of; the Trust may not be aware of all deaths of patients.

Our response:

FOI 229-2025 – Response

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.moss@ghc.nhs.uk

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