FOI requests

The date on which the NCC launched its COVID-19 response.

FOI Request – COVID-19 Response:

The date on which the NCC launched its COVID-19 response.

Nottinghamshire County Council closely monitored national and international developments as they emerged regarding the COVID-19 pandemic (including key dates, such as the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and declaring the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020). A comprehensive multi-agency local structure was established through the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Local Resilience Forum (LRF) to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Nottinghamshire County Council playing a key role in outbreak control, humanitarian assistance, logistics, health and social care, testing, transport and infrastructure, finance, economy, excess death, coordination of local authority services and recovery.

The Strategic Coordinating Group (SCG) is chaired by Nottinghamshire Police, sits at the apex of the COVID-19 response structure and is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective multi-agency arrangements to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first meeting of the SCG took place on 13 February 2020. The first meeting of the Tactical Coordinating Group (TCG), which reports in to the SCG and is responsible for enacting the strategic objectives of the SCG and overseeing multiple response sub-groups and cells, took place on 12 March 2020, the day after the WHO declaration of the pandemic. Nottinghamshire County Council published its Local Outbreak Management Plan in June 2020. This has subsequently been refreshed in March 2021 and is available online.

The person or persons with overall direct control of co-ordinating the response.

The Director of Public Health has overall responsibility for the local outbreak response. Please see the COVID-19 contain framework: a guide for local decision-makers for further detail regarding local roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention, management, and containment of COVID-19 outbreaks.

The amount of money a) spent b) budgeted c) allocated or earmarked on the COVID-19 response in the following years:-

• 2018/2019
None.

• 2019/2020
Minimal spend (not separately identifiable), none budgeted or allocated.

• 2020/2021
None budgeted, allocations became apparent during the year as grants were allocated. Actual spend summarised below, correct as per Delta return for the 2020/21 year-end:

• 2021/2022
At the time of writing, in terms of allocations for 2021/22, £21.6m has been earmarked in reserves and there is a main 2021/22 COVID-19 grant of £16.1m, plus the following specific COVID-19 grants:

• £4.1m – Contain Outbreak Management Fund
• £5.8m – Infection Control
•  £0.1m – Bus Service Support Grant
• £0.6m – Home to School Transport
• £0.4m – Clinically Extremely Vulnerable

• 2022/2023

At the time of writing, no funding allocated.

• 2023/2024

At the time of writing, no funding allocated.

• 2024/2025

At the time of writing, no funding allocated.

Also, in each year, the category of spend e.g. a) leaflets, street signage etc. b) direct media advertising c) dedicated staff e.g. COVID marshals, or vehicles d) education and courses i) public ii) staff e) other categories (state what).

Breakdown has been provided as available (see response above).

Please state the number of COVID-19 testing centres/stations established and the cost of setting up and maintaining each. State how these costs are met.

At the time of writing, there are 3 static asymptomatic community testing sites in Nottinghamshire County and 4 mobile testing units travel between a number of mobile testing sites, of which 11 are in Nottinghamshire County. All operational costs for asymptomatic testing sites are currently recharged to the Department of Health and Social Care. Costs are contained in overall COVID-19 spend for 2020/21 (see response above).

Symptomatic testing sites are coordinated and directly funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Please state the number of COVID-19 vaccination centres/stations established and the cost of setting up and maintaining each. State how these costs are met.

Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Bassetlaw Clinical Commissioning Group are responsible for the delivery of the vaccination programme, working in partnership with their respective Integrated Care Systems.

In each instance, state the source of the money. e.g. a) council reserves b) central government (state if grant, loan or other (state what)) c) from general taxation (e.g. Council Tax) d) other (state where).

All spend covered by specific or general COVID-19 grants.

Where money was drawn or diverted from other budgets or services, please state specifically which, and amount(s).

None.

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Covid deaths (Nottingham University Hospitals NHS)

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS
Freedom of Information Request
Reference Number: NUH 60515

Information requested:

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How many patients have died in the Isle of Wight with covid-19 as the only factor (eg) without comorbidity for the period 1st January2021 to 1st June 2021.

Ref             FOI21 174
Date           22 June 2021

Dear Sir/Madam

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Please find below/attached the Isle of Wight NHS Trust’s response to your request.

How many patients have died in the Isle of Wight with covid-19 as the only factor (eg) without comorbidity for the period 1st January2021 to 1st June 2021. 

Response - The IWNHS Trust has reported all deaths as per guidance issued by NHS England and has Medically Certified Cause of Death (MCCD) in line with the Coronavirus Act March 2020 – excess death provisions: information and guidance for medical practitioners which sets out the clauses relating to death certification of COVID 19(C19) related deaths.

As of 1st June 2021, there have been 174 C19 reportable deaths the first one occurring in March 2020. These were registered on the NHS England C19 Patient Notification System (CPNS) as mandated in that there was a positive C19 swab result within 28 days of death and /or C19 was on the MCCD. Doctors must medically certify a death as follows:

Part I

(a)        Disease or condition directly leading to death

(b)        Other disease or condition, if any, leading to 1(a)

(c)       Other disease or condition, if any, leading to (1b)

Part 2 Other significant conditions contributing to the death but not related to the disease or condition causing it

Of those 174 reportable deaths:

• 157 had a positive C19 test result within 28 days of death.
• 17 deaths had negative C19 test results but had high clinical suspicion of C19 therefore entered onto the MCCD as per clinical symptoms and the guidance.
• 165 deaths had COVID detailed on the MCCD (further detail below).
• 6 deaths are with HM Coroner so no MCCD issued to date

Of the 165 MCCD’s the Trust has issued/ been notified of to date:

• 135 had C 19 detailed in Part 1 (a) i.e the disease or condition directly leading to death
• 17 had C19 detailed in Part 1 (b) i.e other disease or condition, if any, leading to 1(a)
• 2 had C19 detailed in Part 1(c) i.e other disease or condition, if any, leading to (1b)
• 11 had C19 detailed in Part 2 i. e. Other significant conditions contributing to the death but not related to the disease or condition causing it

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust came into existence on 1 April 2012 and does not hold information prior to this date. If you require information prior to this date, please contact the Department of Health.

Please note that this response does not constitute consent for direct marketing.

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust serves a resident population of 140,000 with a substantial influx of tourists during the summer months. The Trust provides acute, ambulance, community, maternity, mental health services on the Isle of Wight.  As the only fully integrated service provider in England with this unique range of services comparisons with other service providers are not always straightforward.

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Please do not hesitate to contact this office if you have any further questions.

Yours faithfully

Freedom of Information Team

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Could you give me the number to deaths whereby Covid is the sole cause of death?

Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing to confirm that the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has now been able to consider the information requested and its disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The information requested and its response is as follows:

Please could you give me the number to deaths whereby Covid is the sole cause of death listed , there were no other pre-existing conditions or comorbidities noted on the death certificate, covering the period from March 2020 until present day. If there answer is any, are you able to provide me with the average age of the deceased?

Number of deaths: 14,  Average age:  79

Note: The above deaths are patients who solely had Covid-19 on their medical certificate of cause of death.

I would also like the number of cycles you run your PCR tests on normally as well as the number of cycles that you are running for PCR tests where the patient/recipient is known to have been vaccinated with one of the available Covid jabs.

Assays used within the laboratory run between 40 and 45 cycles.

If there is any difference in the number of cycles being used in relation to the patient's vaccination status please could you explain why?

There is no difference in relation to patient’s vaccination status.

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All the deaths of covid 19 purely of covid 19 ‐ no underlying conditions in all Sheffield hospital since March 2020

D Mills
[email protected]
5th May 2021
Our ref: FOI RFI 008926
Your ref: email received 6th April 2021

Dear D Mills

Freedom of Information Request

Further to your email dated 5th April 2021 and received by the Trust on 6th April 2021, our response to your request is as follows (highlighted in blue):

Under the freedom of information act could you give all the deaths of covid 19 purely of covid 19 ‐ no underlying conditions in all Sheffield hospital since March 2020

The number of deaths is 36

This completes the Trust response to your request, but please note:

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If you wish to complain you should contact:

Peter Wilson
Data Protection Officer,
Information Governance,
Caldicott & SIRO Support Manager
Department for Information Governance, Caldicott & SIRO Support
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
2 Claremont Place
Sheffield
S10 2TB

Tel: 0114 226 5151
Email: [email protected]

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If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications

Yours sincerely

Joanne Sturdy
Information Governance Officer

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Between January 2020 and March 2021 how many COVID19 related deaths each month did Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust record and what were the ages of the deceased.

Ref: 6433 2021
04 May 2021

Dear Requester

Request under Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you once again for your request under the Freedom of Information Act. For ease of reference I am attaching your original questions:
1. Between January 2020 and March 2021 how many COVID19 related deaths each month did Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust record and what were the ages of the deceased. – 313. See the table below:

2. Between January 2020 and March 2021 how many deaths each month did Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust record where COVID19 was the ONLY cause of death and what were the ages of the deceased. – 11 in total. 60 – 79 years <10. 80+ years <10.

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Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

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How many deaths each month did greater Highland and Island Hospitals record between January 2020 and March 2021, where COVID-19 was the ONLY cause

Dear Pat
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Request Ref 10042 Covid-19 Deaths

With reference to your request for information dated 12 April regarding the above, please find below your questions and our responses:-

1. 1. How many deaths each month did greater Highland and Island Hospitals record between January 2020 and March 2021, where COVID-19 was the ONLY cause of death?
      There have been five deaths in NHS Highland hospitals where COVID-19 was the only cause of death recorded in the period of interest. The frequency of these deaths is tabulated below by month.

1. 1. What was the age of those who died ONLY due to COVID-19?
      The ages of those who died are provided in the table below:

I hope this response is helpful. If you are unhappy with my response, I am very happy to discuss this with you further. Alternatively you have the right to ask for an internal review by making a formal request in writing to the:-

Freedom of Information Officer
NHS Highland
Assynt House
Beechwood Park
Inverness, IV2 3BW

or by email [email protected]

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Scottish Information Commissioner
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How many people have died in Aberdeen Royal infirmary from covid 19 alone?

Dear Ms Campbell

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

I refer to your e-mail dated 29 March 2021, requesting:

“How many people have died in Aberdeen Royal infirmary from covid 19 alone? That is they were admitted to hospital and died due to covid 19 and not any other reason. I can see the numbers you publish online but these are deaths within 28 days of a positive pcr test which obviously is false information as they could have died from anything else. I would like to know the exact figure of those that died from 1st February 2020 until 31st December 2020 due to covid 19 alone please.
Can you also tell me of those that have died of covid 19 how many tested positive for covid 19? ”

I can now respond as follows:

How many people have died in Aberdeen Royal infirmary from covid 19 alone? That is they were admitted to hospital and died due to covid 19 and not any other reason. I can see the numbers you publish online but these are deaths within 28 days of a positive pcr test which obviously is false information as they could have died from anything else. I would like to know the exact figure of those that died from 1st February 2020 until 31st December 2020 due to covid 19 alone please.
There were <5 individuals whose sole cause death was Covid-19 at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in that time period. Due to the very small number involved the exact figure cannot be disclosed as this may identify individual patients; s.38(1)(d) of the Act refers – Personal information - deceased person’s health record.

Can you also tell me of those that have died of covid 19 how many tested positive for covid 19?

There were146 deaths at Aberdeen Royal infirmary and 302 across Grampian up to 31 December 2020. These include any deaths within 28 days of positive test or where Covid19 was mentioned on death certificate following a positive test. It does not include suspected cases.

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If you remain dissatisfied following an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner your recourse is to the Court of Session on a point of law.

Yours sincerely

Roohi Bains
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How many people have died in Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust from Covid 19 and only due to Covid 19?

Dear Vincent Santiago

Re: Freedom of Information Request

I refer to your request for information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) dated 3 April 2021.

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (“the Trust”) can advise that we do hold the information that you have requested. The Trust’s response is:

1. How many people have died in your hospitals from covid 19 and only due to covid 19? I have seen the figures you publish online, but these are deaths within 28 days of a positive covid test, so they could have died from other causes. I just want to know the exact figures from 1st February 2020 to 3rd April 2021 for death due to covid 19 alone.
   There have been 79 deaths with covid.
   There have been 2 deaths from covid alone.
2. The Number and Percentage of people with 'underlying health conditions' in the overall total.
   79 and 97.53%
3. The Number and Percentage of those without 'underlying health conditions'.
   2 and 2.47% respectively.

It is confirmed that as the information has been provided, this request is now closed.

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NHS Tayside has now considered your request dated 17 April 2021

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Response to correspondence dated 17 April 2021
Request: COVID-19 Deaths
Reference: IGTFOISA9075

NHS Tayside has now considered your request dated 17 April 2021.

Extract from Request

Q1. Please provide data for the total number of people that have died in NHS Tayside hospitals from purely COVID-19, that is the number of people who have died of COVID-19 without any other known conditions, from March 1st 2020 to 31st December 2020, please exclude those that have tested positive for COVID-19 and died within 28 days but not confirmed that the deaths were due to COVID-19.

Q2. Please provide data for the total number of people that have died in NHS Tayside hospitals from purely COVID-19, that is the number of people who have died of COVID-19 without any other known conditions, from January 1st 2021 to April 30th 2021, please exclude those that have tested positive for COVID-19 and died within 28 days but not confirmed that the deaths were due to COVID-19.

Q3. Please state how many people have died in NHS Tayside hospitals within 14 days of receiving a vaccine, of both the 1st and the 2nd vaccine, for COVID-19. Please state the type of vaccine taken.

Response

Q1. For those deaths occurring in NHS Tayside hospitals between the 1 March 2020 and 31 December 2020, 6 deaths were recorded where the cause of death was solely due to COVID-19. This is based on the information recorded on the death certificate and by the National Register Office for Scotland and may not reflect the medical history of each individual.

Q2. For those deaths occurring in NHS Tayside hospitals between the 1 January 2021 and 20 April 2021, 11 deaths were recorded where the cause of death was solely due to COVID-19. This is based on the information recorded on the death certificate and by the National Register Office for Scotland and may not reflect the medical history of each individual.

Q3. NHS Tayside are unable to provide this information as it is not held within NHS Tayside. To answer this it would involve linking patient level vaccination data (held centrally by Public Health Scotland) with individual patient deaths records.

As such, in terms of Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, this represents a notice that the information requested for question three is not held by NHS Tayside. Please redirect this question to Public Health Scotland [email protected] who may hold this information.

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Or by email to [email protected]

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Scottish Information Commissioner, within 6 months of the date of any review, for a decision. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Scottish Information Commissioner
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Or via the online appeal service: www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact:

Information Governance and Cyber Assurance Team
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NHS Tayside
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