FOI 1434 - ICU and HDU Beds

Response

Date: 14 June 2021

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE

Dear Sir / Madam,

FOI Reference Number: 1434

1.I would like to know how many ICU and HDU beds were available in December 2020 through to January and February 2021 in Derbyshire.

We do not hold this information. We would recommend that you contact our provider Trusts directly for this information via the following locations:

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CRH)

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB)

Derbyshire Community Health Services (DCHS) NHS Trust

2. Furthermore, I would like to know the number of deaths and age groups of the same period in all Derbyshire hospitals.

Please see below Derbyshire only patients that attended A&E or as an inpatient in the hospitals listed below and are coded as having died during their time in hospital. 

[Please see letter response for this table.]

I hope that this answers your queries with the information we currently hold, but if I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:

NHS Derby and Derbyshire CCG
FOI Team
Scarsdale
Nightingale Close
Newbold
Chesterfield
S41 7PF

Or:

ddccg.foi@nhs.net

If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the CCG.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, telephone 0303 123 1113, email casework@ico.org.uk.

Yours faithfully,

Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire CCG

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