Ref: 67154

25 September 2020 Corporate Services

The Department

Lewis’s Building

2 Renshaw Street L1 2SA

Email: [email protected]

Dear

Re: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your Freedom of Information received on 28 August 2020, with regards to Covid-19.

Request/Response

For all the information below please could you provide data from between the dates 01/03/2020 to 01/08/2020, and where possible, could you please provide the figures for each individual month. An Excel form has been included for this information to be easily filed.

1. Have records of Covid-19 infections in patients which were hospital acquired been kept? If so: a) How many Covid-19 infections in patients were hospital acquired?

b) Of those who acquired Covid-19 while in hospital, how many died?

c) What was the total number of Covid-19 deaths in hospital?

2. Have records been kept of members of staff who contracted Covid-19? If so:

a) How many members of staff contracted Covid-19?

b) How many members of staff were absent from work due to Covid-19?

c) How many members of staff died due to Covid-19?

3. What is the total number of Covid-19 infections recorded in hospital?

4. What is the procedure for when a patient is diagnosed with Covid-19 outside a Covid-19 ward?

a) Has this procedure remained the same throughout the time period set out above?

5. What is the procedure for when a member of staff is diagnosed with Covid-19? a) Has this procedure remained the same throughout the time period set out above?

We are unable to provide you with the information you have requested under section 1 (1)(a) of the FOI Act as NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group does not hold the requested information.

As the information requested is regarding NHS Hospital Trusts may we suggest that you redirect your request to Trusts via the following links:

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: [email protected]

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: [email protected]

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust [email protected] [email protected]

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [email protected]

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust [email protected]

Some of the information requested is nationally available and may be accessed via the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work- areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/

We wish to take this opportunity to inform you that a formal complaints and internal review procedure is available to applicants who are unhappy with responses provided to FOI requests. You can formally request an internal review within a reasonable period of time (2 calendar months) from the date this response was issued.

Where you are not satisfied with the decision of the internal review you may apply directly to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) for a further review of that decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted our complaints procedure in the first instance.

The ICO can be contacted at:

Information Commissioners Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow SK9 5AF www.ico.gov.uk

Should you require any further information, clarification regarding this response or do not feel that your request has been answered as you would expect, please contact us to discuss.

Yours sincerely

Corporate Services Team NHS Liverpool CCG