PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Psychiatric Patients: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust (8 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many avoidable or preventable deaths of mental health patients at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS trust there have been in each of the last three years.

Asked by:
Tom Gordon (Liberal Democrat)

Information on the number of deaths reported to Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust's incident reporting system are shown in the table. These are not categorised as preventable or avoidable.

Reporting year	Total
2021/22	2,163
2022/23	2,329
2023/24	1,322

Source: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Quality Accounts

It is important to note that the majority of deaths of people in the Trust’s care from natural causes and therefore include end of life care and longstanding poor physical health. There is further detail and context within the Trust’s Quality Account for each year.

Answered by:
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
24 October 2024