Freedom of Information Team
Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0EU
www.gov.uk/dhsc
Ms Wendy Micklewright
By email to: wmicklewright@yahoo.co.uk
1 June 2022
Dear Ms Micklewright,
Freedom of Information Request Reference FOI-1404340
Thank you for your request dated 5 May to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), a copy of which can be found in the accompanying annex.
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
DHSC does not hold the information you have requested.
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) holds information on Serious Incident Reports and Medication Errors, and we suggest that you may wish to direct your request to NHSE&I.
Contact details for submitting an FOI request to NHSE&I are available here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/
With reference to the other aspects of your request, (ECT, Restraint and Seclusion), we suggest that you may wish to direct your request to NHSE&I (contact details above), and NHS Digital.
Contact details for submitting a request under the FOIA to NHS Digital are available here: https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/contact-us/freedom-of-information
Outside of the scope of the FOIA, you may be interested in the following information which has been published on the NHSE&I website, and relates to Medication Errors and Serious Incident Reports:
NHS England » Freedom of Information: Numbers of medication errors: recorded harm level of death
NHS England » Monthly data on patient safety incident reports
As referred to above, if you have any queries relating to the information provided at those links, please contact NHSE&I directly.
If you are not satisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to appeal by asking for an internal review.
This should be sent to freedomofinformation@dhsc.gov.uk or to the address at the top of this letter and be submitted within two months of the date of this letter.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communication.
If you are not content with the outcome of your internal review, you may complain directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have already appealed our original response and received our internal review decision. You should raise your concerns with the ICO within three months of your last meaningful contact with us.
Guidance on contacting the ICO can be found at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us and information about making a complaint can be found at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team freedomofinformation@dhsc.gov.uk
Annex
From: wendy micklewright <wmicklewright@yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: 05 May 2022 16:44
Subject: Freedom of information (FOI) request - human rights abuse - 2021 data - BLACK LIVES MATTER
Hello
Hope you are good + thank you for all you do ...
Please answer the following questions as per the Freedom of information act ...
Hope we have a good week
In love + solidarity
Wendy Micklewright
Please provide ECT information under the FOI act to the following questions: -
1.Please supply patient's information ECT leaflet.
2.Please supply patient ECT consent form
3.Please supply any ECT reports/investigations
4.How many ECT in 2021?
5.What proportion of patients were men/women?
6.How old were they?
7.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities ("POC / BAME")?
8.How many were receiving ECT for the first time?
9.How many patients consented to ECT?
10.How many ECT complaints were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
11.How many patients died during or 1 month after ECT and what was the cause (whether or not ECT was considered the cause)?
12.How many patients died within 6 months after ECT and what was the cause (whether or not ECT was considered the cause)?
13.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving ECT (whether or not ECT was considered the cause)?
14.How many patients have suffered complications during and after ECT and what were those complications?
15.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about ECT?
16.If so, what was their concerns?
17.How many patients report memory loss/loss of cognitive function?
18.What tests are used to assess memory loss/loss of cognitive function?
19.Have MRI or CT scans been used before and after ECT?
20.If so, what was the conclusion?
21.How does the Trust plan to prevent ECT in the future?
Please provide SERIOUS INCIDENT information under the FOI act to the following questions: -
1.Please supply any serious incident reports/investigations?
2.How many SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS in 2021?
3.What proportion of patients were men/women?
4.How old were they?
5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities ("POC / BAME")?
6.How many SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
7.How many patients died during or 1 month after SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS and what was the cause (whether or not SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS was considered the cause)?
8.How many patients died within 6 months after SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS and what was the cause (whether or not SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS was considered the cause)?
9.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS (whether or not SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients have suffered complications during and after SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS and what were those complications?
11.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS?
12.If so, what was their concerns?
13.How does the Trust plan to prevent SERIOUS INCIDENTS in the future?
Please provide restraints information under the FOI act to the following questions: -
1.Please supply any Restraints/investigations?
2.How many RESTRAINTS in 2021?
3.What proportion of patients were men/women?
4.How old were they?
5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities ("POC / BAME")?
6.How many RESTRAINTS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
7.How many patients died during or 1 month after RESTRAINTS and what was the cause (whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause)?
8.How many patients died within 6 months after RESTRAINTS and what was the cause (whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause)?
9.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving RESTRAINTS (whether or not RESTRAINTS was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients have suffered complications during and after RESTRAINTS and what were those complications?
11.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about RESTRAINTS?
12.If so, what was their concerns?
13.Are counts of forced injections available?
14.How does the Trust plan to reduce restraints in the future?
Please provide SECLUSION information under the FOI act to the following questions: -
1.Please supply any SECLUSION reports/investigations
2.How many SECLUSIONS in 2021?
3.What proportion of patients were men/women?
4.How old were they?
5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities ("POC / BAME")?
6.How many SECLUSIONS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
7.How many patients died during or 1 month after SECLUSION and what was the cause (whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause)?
8.How many patients died within 6 months after SECLUSION and what was the cause (whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause)?
9.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving SECLUSION (whether or not SECLUSION was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients have suffered complications during and after SECLUSION and what were those complications?
11.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about SECLUSION?
12.If so, what was their concerns?
13.How does the Trust plan to reduce SECLUSIONS in the future?
Please provide MEDICATION ERRORS information under the FOI act to the following questions: -
1.Please supply any MEDICATION ERRORS reports/investigations
2.How many MEDICATION ERRORS in 2021?
3.What proportion of patients were men/women?
4.How old were they?
5.What proportion of patients were classified people of the global majority or racialised communities ("POC / BAME")?
6.How many MEDICATION ERRORS were investigated outside the NHS and CCG?
7.How many patients died during or 1 month after MEDICATION ERRORS and what was the cause (whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause)?
8.How many patients died within 6 months after MEDICATION ERRORS and what was the cause (whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause)?
9.How many patients died by suicide within 6 months of receiving MEDICATION ERRORS (whether or not MEDICATION ERRORS was considered the cause)?
10.How many patients have suffered complications during and after MEDICATION ERRORS and what were those complications?
11.Have there been any formal complaints from patients/relatives about MEDICATION ERRORS?
12.If so, what was their concerns?
13.How does the Trust plan to prevent MEDICATION ERRORS in the future?