Monday 05 May 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8469
Date Request Received: 18/02/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 19/02/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: patients who have died due to problems in care
Request Category: Researcher
| Question Number 1: As of 2017, data detailing the number of patients who have died due to problems in care is required to be published by NHS trusts in England. This is set out in this press release: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-becomes-first-healthcare-system-in-the-world-to-publish-numbers-of-avoidable-deaths and in this reporting guidance: https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/patient-safety-insight/learning-from-deaths-in-the-nhs/. Under the Freedom of Information Act please could you provide the total number of deaths considered to have been due to problems in care in Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust for the periods: 1. 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020 2. 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 3. 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 4. 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 5. 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 To clarify, this is not a request asking for the total number of deaths but is specifically concerning those which are deemed to be due to problems in care. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act please could you provide the total number of deaths considered to have been due to problems in care in Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust for the periods: 1. 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020 - <5 2. 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 - 13 3. 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 - <5 4. 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 - <5 5. 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 - <5 The data is available to the public and published in our annual quality accounts: https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/about-us/trust-reports-and-reviews/ | |
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Our staff at Salisbury District Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.
