NHS Tayside IGTFOISA8217 Brian Ovens.

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Response to correspondence dated 16 September 2020
Request: Covid-19 Data
Applicant: Brian Ovens
Reference: IGTFOISA8217

NHS Tayside has now considered your request dated 16 September 2020.

NHS Tayside wishes to advise you that there are exemptions applicable to the information requested.  Please refer to the exemptions section of this correspondence.

Extract from Request

1. During the Coronavirus Pandemic how many patients does NHS Tayside have on record of having Covid-19 to date? From January 1st 2020 to August 31st 2020
2. How many ventilators did NHS Tayside 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 Tayside have on record to date died from Covid-19?
5. How many Post Mortem’s were carried to prove people died directly from Covid-19?
6. How many people died directly from Covid-19?
7. How many ventilators did NHS Tayside have before Coronavirus pandemic?

Response

Question One

This information is available on Public Health Scotland website and can be viewed by Board and Local Authority Area. You can find this data using the following weblink:

https://public.tableau.com/profile/phs.covid.19#!/vizhome/COVID19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Overview

Question Two

NHS Tayside received 19 ventilators from the Department of Health and the Scottish Government to assist in the Covid-19 response.

Question Three

NHS Tayside does not hold information in a central location around how many patients received treatment for Covid-19 by use of a ventilator. To compile the requested information would require a manual exercise to extract, review and verify information from patient records and create a new record with this information.

Question Four

This information is available on Public Health Scotland website and can be viewed by Board and Local Authority Area. You can find this data using the following weblink:

https://public.tableau.com/profile/phs.covid.19#!/vizhome/COVID

Question Five

No Post Mortem’s were carried out to prove people died directly from Covid-19.

Question Six

Data and definitions of Covid-19 related deaths are published by National Records of Scotland and is available on their website. There is a breakdown by health board and local authority area available within this published information.

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/covid19stats

Question Seven

NHS Tayside had 19 adult ventilators prior to Covid-19.

Exemptions Section – application of Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 exemptions and Data Protection Act 2018 Principles.

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 forn i anternal 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 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
23 October 2020

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