Our Ref: RFI/FOIA/12245 / Information Governance Department
Your Ref: / Wilkinson Place
Date Sent: 4 April 2013 / 2 Enterprise Way
Mr Paul Ogden / Wavertree Technology Park
Liverpool
Paul Ogden [ / L13 1FB
Tel: 0151 295 3010 – 3015
Fax: 0151 285 4643
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 request
Dear Mr Ogden,
Thank you for your request, which we received on 4 April 2013, regarding Public Health Funerals. Please find enclosed the response to your enquiries.
I am undertaking a study on the numbers of Public Health/Welfare Funerals undertaken by NHS Trusts. I would appreciate it if you would provide answers to the following FOI request.
1. The total number of public health funerals (where the deceased
has no relatives or there is no one else willing to pay) that your
Trust has undertaken for the financial years 2010/11, 2011/12,
2012/13?
Liverpool Community Health has not, to date, paid for a funeral for a patient.
2. The number of public health funerals that your Trust has
undertaken by gender for the past 3 financial years?
Please see the above response.
3. The number of public health funerals that your Trust has
undertaken by age for the past 3 financial years?
Since April 2010, how many cases have there been where family and
friends refuse to finance or make arrangements for their relatives
funeral?
Please see the response to Question 1.
4. How much have the burials/cremations cost the Trust broken down
by year for the last three financial years? This cost information
does not need to include administrative or staff costs, and before
any costs are claimed back by the local authority from the
deceased’s estate
Please see the response to Question 1.
5. How much does your trust typically (average cost) pay for a
Public Health Funeral?
Liverpool Community Health has never paid for a Public Health Funeral.
6. What does your Trust provide at a Public Health Funeral?
Please see the above response.
7. What relationship do you have with your local council(s)
regarding funerals of this nature?
Liverpool Community Health does not have any relationship with local councils in regards to this matter.
8. Have you observed any of the following over the last three
years?
• Higher numbers or people dying without any income or assets
• Higher numbers of people dying with family or friends unable to
contribute to the costs of a funeral
• Higher numbers of people dying with family or friends unwilling
to contribute to the costs of a funeral
• Higher numbers of people dying with no friends or family
Liverpool Community Health does not collate this information.
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 me at the above address to discuss.
I also wish to take this opportunity to inform you that a formal complaints and internal review process is available, which will be managed by a FOI Appeals Officer, Head of Governance. This can be formally requested via the above address and must be done within a reasonable period of time (3 calendar months) from the date this response was issued.
Further details on local FOIA processes can be found here: http://www.liverpoolcommunityhealth.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information.aspx
If you are not satisfied with our review under the Freedom of Information Act, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) for a review of your appeal decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted our complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at;
* ICO, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
; www.ico.gov.uk
We would welcome feedback on how your request has been processed, which can be given by completing the survey link http://tiny.cc/iwqty (This can be typed into a web page)
If I can be of any other assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me at the above address.
Yours sincerely,
Daniel Roche
Information Governance Department
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