1. How many patients in the care of your acute health Trust were put on the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) between January 2013 and October 2013 inclusive?

Please break this figure down month-by-month (one figure for January 2013, another for February 2013… etc).

If possible, could you also please break down July 2013 further: into the period July 1-14 inclusive, and the period July 15-31 inclusive.

We do not hold this information for this pathway as this information is not centrally collated.

2. Does your acute health Trust currently receive any payments/funding under the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) system which are associated with the LCP? There is no specific CQUIN for the LCP, but there is a CQUIN for End of Life (EOL) pathways. The Trust will have money deducted if the EOL CQUIN is not achieved

3. Has your acute health Trust ever received such payments/funding under CQUIN? No

4. If ‘no’ to 2 and ‘yes’ to 3, on what date was the association between LCP and CQUIN stopped? Not applicable

5. What was total value of such payments to your acute Trust in each month between January 2013 and October 2013 inclusive? (If possible, please break July into the period July 1-14 and July 15-31). Not applicable

Please note that the trust that the Trust stopped using the LCP following publication of the Neuberger review in July 2013.