Monday 05 May 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8456
Date Request Received: 12/02/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 15/02/2025 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Elderly Fall-Related Ambulance Drop-offs at A&E
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Pease provide a monthly breakdown for the years 2023 and 2024 (January 2023 - December 2023 and January 2024 - December 2024) Total number of ambulance drop-offs of elderly patients following falls. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We have answered all the questions we are able to, Question 9 was not specific enough to enable us to provide an answer. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  12777 - FOI_8456 - Elderly Fall-Related Ambulance Drop-offs at A and E - FOR ISSUE.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: Pease provide a monthly breakdown for the years 2023 and 2024 (January 2023 - December 2023 and January 2024 - December 2024) Breakdown of incidents by location type as reported by the ambulance crew upon arrival (e.g., private residence, care home, public place). | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We have answered all the questions we are able to. | |
| Question Number 3: Breakdown of incidents by location type as reported by the ambulance crew upon arrival (e.g., private residence, care home, public place). If possible, please specify, as reported by the ambulance crew upon arrival: Specific address if a private residence (without personally identifiable details). Name of the care home if applicable. Name of the public place (e.g., "Morrisons Supermarket, [Location]"). If the location is unknown, please indicate "Location Unknown." | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We have answered all the questions we are able to. | |
| Question Number 4: Breakdown of dropped-off patients by age brackets (e.g., 65-74, 75-84, 85+). | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We have answered all the questions we are able to. | |
| Question Number 5: Breakdown of dropped-off patients by gender. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We have answered all the questions we are able to. | |
| Question Number 6: Total number of elderly fall-related ambulance drop-offs at each hospital within the trust/service area. | |
| Answer To Question 6: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We have answered all the questions we are able to. | |
| Question Number 7: Breakdown of the number of patients who have been dropped off by ambulance multiple times within the two-year period due to falls. | |
| Answer To Question 7: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We have answered all the questions we are able to. | |
| Question Number 8: Most common times of day or days of the week when fall-related ambulance drop-offs occur. | |
| Answer To Question 8: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We have answered all the questions we are able to. | |
| Question Number 9: Any available data recorded by the A&E department on time of ambulance arrival at the hospital for fall-related incidents. This is not a request for ambulance service response times. | |
| Answer To Question 9: Question 9 was not specific enough to enable us to provide an answer. | |
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