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Freedom of Information request 352-20
Request:
1. During the Coronavirus Pandemic how many patients does NHS Borders have on record of having Covid-19 to date?
2. How many ventilators did NHS Borders receive to help patients who had Covid-19?
3. How many patients received treatment for Covid-19 by use of Ventilator?
4. How many people does NHS Borders have on record to date died from Covid-19?
5. How many Post Mortem’s were carried out to prove people died directly from Covid-19?
6. How many people died directly from Covid-19?
7. How many ventilators did NHS Borders have before the Coronavirus pandemic?
Response:
1. NHS Borders only holds records of Covid-19 testing for patients that were tested within NHS Borders (either via local NHS Borders laboratory testing or where tests were processed through regional laboratories and result sent back to NHS Borders). The total number of positive cases for each board is published daily by the Scottish Government and includes those tested out with NHS Borders.
Records show that as of midnight on 16 September 2020, 327 people have had a confirmed positive test for Covid-19. This number includes patients and staff that have been tested as part of screening, and therefore is not reflective of the number of patients that have required treatment for Covid-19.
2. NHS Borders received 12 ventilators from the Department of Health for use with Covid-19 patients.
3. A total of 10 patients were invasively ventilated who were suffering from Covid-19.
4. A total of 39 patients have died in hospital following a positive Covid-19 test result within 28 days prior to the date of their death.
5. NHS Borders do not carry out post-mortem examinations.
6. Information on how many people died directly from Covid-19 is available publicly at the following link: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/generalpublications/weekly-and-monthly-data-on-births-and-deaths/deaths-involving-coronavirus-covid-19-inscotland
Therefore under Section 25 of the FOI(S)A 2002 this data is accessible elsewhere.
7. Prior to Covid-19 NHS Borders had 5 main ITU ventilators, 2 transport ventilators and 2 neonatal ventilators.
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