Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many premature deaths related to mental health issues were registered by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust in each of the last five years; and what the initial diagnosis was in each such case.
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.
Number of suicides of patients under the care of Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust patients 2010/11 – 2013/14
Year | Suicides |
2010/11 | 30 |
2011/12 | 34 |
2012/13 | 43 |
2013/14 | 39 |
Total | 146 |
Source: NHS Trust Development Agency