Coronavirus information

Visitor restrictions, information for patients and more.

View coronavirus information

FOI 0623 Autopsies

Freedom of Information Request: 0623

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018.  Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust this response has been provided by hospital site.

 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

For each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 please may you provide 

  1. The total number of adult (aged 17 and above) deaths within your Trust between 1st January and 31st December.

 See attached spreadsheet FOI 0623 Question 1 and 3 QE – information provided by our informatics team.

  1. The number of Hospital (consent) autopsies carried out on adult(aged 17 and above) deaths which occurred between 1st January and 31st December.

2014 – 8

2015 – 22

2016 – 13


  1. The total number of paediatric (aged 16 and below) deaths within your Trust between 1st January and 31st December.

See attached spreadsheet FOI 0623 Question 1 and 3 QE – information provided by our informatics team.

  1. The number of Hospital (consent) autopsies carried out on paediatric (aged 16 and below) deaths which occurred between 1st January and 31st December.

  0.

Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital

For each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 please may you provide 

  1. The total number of adult (aged 17 and above) deaths within your Trust between 1st January and 31st December.

See attached spreadsheet FOI 0623 Question 1 and 3 HGS – information provided by our performance team.

  1. The number of Hospital (consent) autopsies carried out on adult(aged 17 and above) deaths which occurred between 1st January and 31st December.

2014: 10

2015: 3

2016: 6


  1. The total number of paediatric (aged 16 and below) deaths within your Trust between 1st January and 31st December.

 See attached spreadsheet FOI 0623 Question 1 and 3 HGS – information provided by our performance team.

  1. The number of Hospital (consent) autopsies carried out on paediatric (aged 16 and below) deaths which occurred between 1st January and 31st December.

0.

Please see attached documents for relevant questions.

FOI 0623 Question 1 and 3 HGS

FOI Q1 and 3 QE

Thinking of going to Accident and Emergency but not sure if you need to? Try our handy symptom checker.

Try ask A&E

We're improving the accessibility of our websites. If you can't access any content or if you would like to request information in another format, please view our accessibility statement.