FOI request
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I request data on coroners' Prevention of Future Deaths reports (PFDs or Reg 28 letters) received by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB). Can I please request the following:
- The total number of PFDs where HSSIB was a listed addressee from inception (July 2013) until April 2024 (or the most recent available data), broken down as annual counts for each calendar year (e.g. for 2013, the number of reports from July to December; for 2014 the number of reports from January to December).
- The total number of PFDs where HSSIB was copied for information as an ‘interested person’ from inception (July 2013) until April 2024 (or the most recent available data), broken down as annual counts for each calendar year (e.g. for 2013 the number of reports from July to December; for 2014 the number of reports from January to December).
Decision
HSSIB does not hold some of the information you have requested. An explanation for this can be found below, as well as a contact email address for NHS England who will be able to assist further.
The timeframe for the request July 2013 to 30 September 2023 was a time when HSSIB was not in existence. HSSIB can only provide data from 1 October 2023 to 30 April 2024 as HSSIB is an independent arm's length body that came into existence on 1 October 2023.
The former body, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB), was in place at the time in question and was hosted by NHS England. Therefore, data for the years requested will be held by NHS England.
Further details can be found on the HSIB legacy page, which explains the difference between HSIB and HSSIB.
NHS England can be reached on: england.contactus@nhs.net.
Below is the data you requested for the timeframe 1 October 2024 until 30 April 2024.
a) HSSIB was a listed addressee for 1 PFD Report.
2023 – 1
2024 – 0
b) HSSIB was copied for information as an ‘interested person’ for 8 PFDs.
2023 – 4
2024 – 4