FOI release

2022 thematic review of six premature deaths for the Herefordshire Safeguarding Adults Board

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Case reference FOI2025/00465

Received 5 March 2025

Published 26 March 2025

Request

Hello, in line with the Freedom Of Information Act, please could you provide me with the following information:

In March 2022 Professor Michael Preston-Shoot produced a thematic review of six premature deaths, for the Herefordshire Safeguarding Adults Board.

https://www.herefordshiresafeguardingboards.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HSAB-Thematic-review-Premature-Deaths-Adults-Review.pdf

As part of this, he produced 12 recommendations.

1) For each of these, please could you us whether they have now been implemented, and provide a brief summary as to how.

2) If they have not, please could provide an explanation as to why, and a timescale as to when they will be?

Response

Hello, in line with the Freedom Of Information Act, please could you provide me with the following information:

In March 2022 Professor Michael Preston-Shoot produced a thematic review of six premature deaths, for the Herefordshire Safeguarding Adults Board.

https://www.herefordshiresafeguardingboards.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HSAB-Thematic-review-Premature-Deaths-Adults-Review.pdf

As part of this, he produced 12 recommendations.

1) For each of these, please could you us whether they have now been implemented, and provide a brief summary as to how.

2) If they have not, please could provide an explanation as to why, and a timescale as to when they will be?

Answer: This information is now publically available on the Herefordshire Safeguarding Boards website and can be viewed via the following link:

https://www.herefordshiresafeguardingboards.org.uk/documents/report-on-progress-thematic-review-march-2025

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

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