FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/03501
- Request Date
- January 10, 2020
- Subject
- Clinically Artificial Nutrition And Hydration
- Description
1). In your Trust is there any formal register kept of deaths occurring as a result of withdrawal of Clinically Artificial Nutrition and Hydration (CANH) that occur under the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and BMA/RCP/GMC Guidelines 2018?
2). If such a register is kept can you advise if there is any independent internal or external audit made of such deaths and the degree to which there Is compliance with the BMA/RCP/GMC Guidelines, 2018 when such deaths occur?
3). Where deaths due to withdrawal of CANH are recorded and an audit is made of these, can you give an indication of the number such deaths in 2018 and in 2019 and the percentage of cases where the BMA/RCP/GMC Guideline Checklist has been used and fully completed?
- Response
1). I can confirm our Trust does not hold specific registers that identify this group of deaths.
2). N/A
3). I can confirm our Trust systems do not hold cause of death in their data.
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