Information Management

Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust

St Mary’s Hospital

NEWPORT

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

Tel: 01983 552078

Fax: 01983 534893

Ref: FOI10351

Date: 16 December 2010

Dear Sir/Madam

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

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

I would like to request the following information under the freedom

of information act:

1) The number of Patients who are under the care of a community

team or on section 17 leave (patients who have been detained under

the Mental Health Act who have been given authorised leave) who

have died as a result of

suicide in 2009(or most recent figures).

Response: The PCT do not routinely collect this data as the cause of death is subject to the coroner’s verdict.

2) Figures for question 1 for the years 2000 - 2008 on a year by

year basis.

Response: See response to question 1 above.

3) Figures for questions 1 and 2 for the number of patients who

have 'attempted suicide' but not died.

Response: Records are not held to identify patients who have 'attempted suicide'.

We would like to bring to your attention the unique set up of the Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust. The Primary Care Trust is a commissioner of health services, and also incorporates multiple services including Acute, Mental Health, Ambulance and Community, which could lead to a higher reporting rate data in comparison to other PCTs. Therefore you will need to take this into account when reviewing our data against other NHS organisations.

This letter also confirms the completion of this request. A log of this request will be held on a database by the PCT. All hard copy correspondence relating to this request will be held for one year from the date of this letter, before being confidentially destroyed.

If you are unhappy about the response you have received your first line of action should be to write and request the Trust to undertake an internal review of your application. A senior member of staff, who was not involved with your initial application, will undertake this review. If after this process you are still not satisfied with the response you receive from the Trust you can complain to the Information Commissioner at the following address:

Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Please don’t hesitate to contact this office if you have any further questions.

Yours sincerely

Audrey Green

Information Management Specialist