COVID-19 deaths at Bupa Sandhills Court Care Home

Dyddiad y datganiad:
29 June 2020

You asked

​Could you please supply me by email under the 2000 freedom of information act the following information on COVID-19 infections from 01 March 2020 to 03 June 2020.

Bupa Sandhills Court Care Home, Exeter Rd, Scunthorpe DN157AS.

  1. How many patients have been transferred here from hospital without being tested?

  2. How many staff have been tested positive?

  3. How many patients have been tested positive?

  4. How many patients are currently infected?

  5. How many, if any staff have sadly passed away due to, or in part to the virus?

  6. How many, if any patients have sadly passed away due to, or in part to the virus?

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for the production of mortality statistics for England and Wales. This is driven by information collected from the death certificate. We are not responsible for the collection of infection data, this is led by Public Health England (PHE). Therefore, we are unable to provide infection data, as we do not hold this information.

Please see the following links to PHE infection reports, which may be of interest to you:

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide you with the specific information you have requested, regarding COVID-19 deaths at Bupa Sandhills Court Care Home. The figures that would be involved in an answer to this request would be very small and could prove to be disclosive. Section 39 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (SRSA) renders it a criminal offence to release personal information. Personal information is any information held by the Board for statistical purposes that would identify an individual or a body corporate. This includes deceased individuals. As disclosure of the requested information is prohibited by another enactment, the information is considered exempt by Section 44 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Section 44 is an absolute exemption, so no test of the public interest is required.

However, please see the following publication regarding care home deaths: Number of deaths in care homes notified to the Care Quality Commission, England. Table 2 contains deaths involving COVID-19 occurring in care homes, by Local Authority and day of notification up to 19 June 2020. This report is updated weekly, the next release is scheduled for 30 June 2020.

If you would like to discuss these statistics further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk

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