Wednesday 02 April 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8363
Date Request Received: 06/01/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 21/01/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Cold-related Hospital Figures
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: In the past three years, how many patients aged 65 and above attended/were admitted to a hospital apart of the trust with health problems related to cold temperatures, such as chest infections, respiratory conditions, flu, hypothermia and others? (Broken down by years: 2022, 2023, 2024) | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. Please note, we are unable to report on Excess Winter Deaths but we have provided total number of deaths. Please also be aware that not all December admissions were coded at the point of data extraction. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_8363 - Cold-related Hospital Figures.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: How many excess winter deaths (EWDs) have the trust recorded in the past three years? (Broken down by years: 2022, 2023, 2024) | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see attached spreadsheet | |
| Question Number 3: Of these deaths, how many were aged 65 and above? (Broken down by years: 2022, 2023, 2024) | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see attached spreadsheet | |
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