By e mail

LRF/LB/LMS/FOI

10th February 2015

Mr L Valks Pollard

Dear Mr Valks Pollard

I refer to your request for information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You requested the following information:

Figures showing how many people annually have received treatment for stress-related illnesses each year since 2005.

The Trust does not provide Mental Health Services and has no coded activity for stress related illness during the period.

Figures showing the amount of people who have been detained under the Mental Health Act each year since 2005.

The requested information was centrally recorded by the Trust from April 2007 and the information shown below has been extracted from the KP90 return.

2007-2008 3

2008-2009 4

2009-2010 2

2010-2011 2

2011-2012 1

2012-2013 0

2013-2014 2

Figures showing annual abortion numbers annually since 2005.

Calendar Year / Number of patients
2005 / 1305
2006 / 1360
2007 / 1626
2008 / 1637
2009 / 1540
2010 / 1500
2011 / 1465
2012 / 1413
2013 / 1353
2014 / 1274

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If you have any queries about this letter, please contact Mrs Summers, Patient Relations Administrator, on 0191 2231382.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to The Patient Relations Manager, Patient Relations Department, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Patient Relations Department. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Sir Leonard Fenwick CBE

Chief Executive