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.
Exemptions Section – application of Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 exemptions and Data Protection Act 2018 Principles.
| Document Ref. | FOISA Exemption Applied | Justification |
| IGTFOISA9075 | None | None |
Under section 20 (1) of the Act, if you are dissatisfied with the way NHS Tayside has dealt with your request, you have a right to request a review of our actions and decisions in relation to your request, and you have a right to appeal to the Scottish Information Commission.
A request for an internal review must be made in writing no later than forty working days from receipt of this response and sent to:
Head of Information Governance and Cyber Assurance
Maryfield House (South)
30 Mains Loans
Dundee
DD4 7BT
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
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
KY16 9DS
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
Maryfield House
30 Mains Loan
Dundee
DD4 7BT
Telephone – 01382 424413
E-mail: [email protected]
Information Governance and Cyber Assurance
NHS Tayside
10 May 2021